Abstract
A new and general semiempirical method for calculating ionization energies of molecules containing heavy atoms is presented. The extended Hückel hamiltonian is amended with a phenomenological one-electron spin-orbit interaction operator, and ionization energies are equated to orbital energies according to Koopmans' theorem. Calculations are presented for molecules with Br and I as heavy atoms. The systems considered are the hydrogen halides, diatomic halogens and interhalogens, haloacetylenes, halomethanes, and boron trihalides. Good agreement with the observed spin-orbit splitting is obtained. New assignments are proposed for the trihalides considered.
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