As in MP2 case, the accuracy of CIS(D) calculations can be improved by semi-empirically scaling the opposite-spin components of CIS(D) expression:
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with the corresponding ground state energy
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More importantly, this SOS-CIS(D) energy can be evaluated with the 4th power of the molecular size by adopting Laplace transform technique.961 Accordingly, SOS-CIS(D) can be applied to the calculations of excitation energies for relatively large molecules.