“…In the past few years, the analysis of vibrational signatures in the electronic spectra of medium- to large-size molecular systems is being increasingly aided by quantum mechanical computations thanks to the development of effective and reliable electronic structure approaches (especially based on the density functional theory (DFT) , and its time-dependent (TD) extension , ), together with improved harmonic vibronic models. − Cartesian coordinates, that are currently employed in most cases as a reference set in the evaluation of vibronic effects, are effective and perfectly adequate for semirigid systems, with similar structures in the electronic states of interest. , Conversely, they are usually inadequate for flexible systems, due to the presence of strong anharmonic effects. , This problem is worsened by the fact that couplings between modes are also usually large in Cartesian coordinates, so that multidimensional anharmonic treatment is necessary. − At variance, curvilinear internal coordinates often reduce those couplings, providing a better description of flexible systems. , On those grounds, we have recently introduced general and effective harmonic vibronic models based on internal coordinates, , supporting any kind of molecular topology. Despite notable improvements, harmonic models in internal coordinates remain insufficient if progressions involving large-amplitude motions (LAMs) are predominant.…”