SINDO explained

SINDO is one of many semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods. It stands for symmetric orthogonalised INDO and was developed by K. Jug and coworkers.[1] [2] [3] Like MINDO, it is a development of the INDO method. The main development is the inclusion of d orbitals for atoms of the second row of the periodic table. It performs better for hypervalent compounds than other semiempirical methods.[4]

References

  1. D. N. Nanda and K. Jug, Theoretica Chimica Acta, 57, 95, (1980)
  2. K. Jug and D. N. Nanda, Theoretica Chimica Acta, 57, 107, (1980)
  3. K. Jug, R. Iffert and J. Schulz, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 32, 265, (1987)
  4. K. Jug and J. Schulz, Journal of Computational Chemistry, 9, 40, (1988)