Abstract
Ground and excited electronic states of the allyl cation and anion, the butadiene radical cation and anion, and of the pentadienyl cation and anion have been calculated by a semiempirical valence bond method. The results of such calculations are in essential agreement with the known properties of such systems. A comparison of the results of the valence bond treatment with those expected on the basis of the qualitative resonance theory yields serious discrepancies which show up the limitations inherent in the latter formalism.
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