INDO stands for Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap. It is a semi-empirical quantum chemistry method that is a development of the complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO/2) method introduced by John Pople. Like CNDO/2 it uses zero-differential overlap for the two-electron integrals but not for integrals that are over orbitals centered on the same atom.12
The method is now rarely used in its original form with some exceptions3 but it is the basis for several other methods, such as MINDO, ZINDO and SINDO.
References
References
- Pople, J. A.; Beveridge, D. L.; Dobosh, P. A. (1967-09-15). "Approximate Self‐Consistent Molecular‐Orbital Theory. V. Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 47 (6). AIP Publishing: 2026–2033. Bibcode:1967JChPh..47.2026P. doi:10.1063/1.1712233. ISSN 0021-9606.
- Pople, J. A.; D. Beveridge (1970). Approximate Molecular Orbital Theory. McGraw-Hill.
- Abdulsattar, Mudar A.; Al-Bayati, Khalil H. (2007-06-07). "Corrections and parametrization of semiempirical large unit cell method for covalent semiconductors". Physical Review B. 75 (24) 245201. American Physical Society (APS). Bibcode:2007PhRvB..75x5201A. doi:10.1103/physrevb.75.245201. ISSN 1098-0121.