The five simplest alkanes have been studied in terms of localized orbitals. The transferability of the Fock matrix elements in this basis allows us to elaborate a simple parametric procedure adapted for saturated hydrocarbons. Some original applications of this procedure are performed.
Degand, Ph., Leroy, G., & Peeters, D. (1973). L’utilisation d’orbitales localisées dans l’étude théorique des molécules. I. Les hydrocarbures saturés. Theoretica Chimica Acta, 30(3), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00527615 (Original work published 1973)