From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri Feb 25 05:41:00 2022 From: "Akshaya Narayanasamy akshayanarayanasamy+/-gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Accuracy of TD-DFT method in comparison to CASSCF Message-Id: <-54607-220225053827-14701-KIOz1CjwtzHKBtg7Z07rEw!^!server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Akshaya Narayanasamy" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 05:38:24 -0500 Sent to CCL by: "Akshaya Narayanasamy" [akshayanarayanasamy,gmail.com] Hello CCL users, I would like to know, how accurate is the excited state optimized geometry using the TD-DFT method in comparison to CASSCF? Can the TD-DFT optimized excited state geometry be used to generate the potential energy surface of the excited state? Thanks in advance! Akshaya