Hybrid Methods of Molecular Modeling

<P><STRONG>Molecular modeling:</STRONG> Motivation and general setting.- Molecular potential energy.- Basics of quantum mechanical technique.- Alternative representations.- Basics of quantum chemistry.- Alternative tools.- Separating electronic variables.- <STRONG>Hybrid perspective:</STRONG> <EM>Ab initio</EM> methods.- Pseudopotential methods and valence approximation.- Hartree-Fock-Roothaan based semiempirics.- Non-Hartree-Fock semiempirics.- Molecular mechanics.- Hybrid methods for complex systems.- <STRONG>Deductive molecular mechanics:</STRONG> Motivation.- Electronic structure in SLG approximation.- DMM family.- What is DMM?.- Intersubsystem frontier.- Conclusion.- <STRONG>Coordination compounds: </STRONG>Characteristic of coordination compounds (CCs).- Hybrid and classical models of CCs.- Qualitative picture of bonding in metal complexes.- Hybrid model for CCs.- Mechanistic model for stereochemistry of CCs.- Hybrid models of spin-active compounds.- Conclusion.</P>