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Gimferrer M, Danés S, Vos E, Yildiz CB, Corral I, Jana A, Salvador P, Andrada DM. Reply to the 'Comment on "The oxidation state in low-valent beryllium and magnesium compounds"' by S. Pan and G. Frenking, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, DOI: 10.1039/D2SC04231B. Chem Sci 2023; 14:384-392. [PMID: 36687341 PMCID: PMC9811512 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc05769g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A recent article by Pan and Frenking challenges our assignment of the oxidation state of low valent group 2 compounds. With this reply, we show that our assignment of Be(+2) and Mg(+2) oxidation states in Be(cAACDip)2 and Mg(cAACDip)2 is fully consistent with our data. Some of the arguments exposed by Pan and Frenking were based on visual inspection of our figures, rather than a thorough numerical analysis. We discuss with numerical proof that some of the statements made by the authors concerning our reported data are erroneous. In addition, we provide further evidence that the criterion of the lowest orbital interaction energy in the energy decomposition analysis (EDA) method is unsuitable as a general tool to assess the valence state of the fragments. Other indicators based on natural orbitals for chemical valence (NOCV) deliver a more reliable bonding picture. We also emphasize the importance of using stable wavefunctions for any kind of analysis, including EDA.
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- Martí Gimferrer
- Departament de Química, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de Gironac/M. Aurelia Capmany 6917003 GironaSpain
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- Departament de Química, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de Gironac/M. Aurelia Capmany 6917003 GironaSpain,General and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of SaarlandCampus C4.166123 SaarbrueckenGermany
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de MadridC/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 728049 Cantoblanco MadridSpain
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- Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Aksaray UniversityHacilar Harmani 268100 AksarayTurkey
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de MadridC/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 728049 Cantoblanco MadridSpain
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research HyderabadGopanpally500046 HyderabadTelanganaIndia
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- Departament de Química, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de Gironac/M. Aurelia Capmany 6917003 GironaSpain
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- General and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of SaarlandCampus C4.166123 SaarbrueckenGermany
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Martín Pendás A, Francisco E. Local spin and open quantum systems: clarifying misconceptions, unifying approaches. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:8375-8392. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05946c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The theory of open quantum systems (OQSs) is applied to partition the squared spin operator into fragment (local spin) and interfragment (spin-coupling) contributions in a molecular system.
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- A. Martín Pendás
- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Universidad de Oviedo
- Oviedo
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Universidad de Oviedo
- Oviedo
- Spain
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Salvador P, Vos E, Corral I, Andrada DM. Über die klassische Elektronenpaar‐ und die dative Bindung hinaus: Die Spin‐polarisierte Bindung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Pedro Salvador
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi i Departament de Química Universitat de Girona c/M Aurelia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Spanien
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- Departamento de Química Facultad de Ciencias Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spanien
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- Departamento de Química Facultad de Ciencias Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spanien
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology Department of Chemistry Saarland University 66123 Saarbrücken Deutschland
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Salvador P, Vos E, Corral I, Andrada DM. Beyond the Classical Electron-Sharing and Dative Bond Picture: Case of the Spin-Polarized Bond. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:1498-1502. [PMID: 32866305 PMCID: PMC7839703 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chemical bonds are traditionally assigned as electron-sharing or donor-acceptor/dative. External criteria such as the nature of the dissociation process, energy partitioning schemes, or quantum chemical topology are invoked to assess the bonding situation. However, for systems with marked multi-reference character, this binary categorization might not be precise enough to render the bonding properties. A third scenario can be foreseen: spin polarized bonds. To illustrate this, the case of a NaBH3 - cluster is presented. According to the analysis NaBH3 - exhibits a strong diradical character and cannot be classified as either electron-sharing or a dative bond. Elaborated upon are the common problems of popular bonding descriptions. Additionally, a simple model, based on the bond order and local spin indicators, which discriminates between all three bonding situations, is provided.
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- Pedro Salvador
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi i Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, c/M Aurelia Capmany 69, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Stuyver T, Chen B, Zeng T, Geerlings P, De Proft F, Hoffmann R. Do Diradicals Behave Like Radicals? Chem Rev 2019; 119:11291-11351. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Thijs Stuyver
- Algemene Chemie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J1P3, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S5B6, Canada
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- Algemene Chemie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Algemene Chemie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853, United States
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Zhu C, Zhang X, Zhang M, Geng Y, Liu X, Su Z. Insight into spin-orbital interaction using MCSCF method: A special analysis of the 1 Σ g + electronic state in C 2 and the linear polyacetylenic C 4 and C 6. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:1338-1343. [PMID: 30843616 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The symmetry-broken wave function can transform the 1 Σg + state of C2 from the classic double bonding to the quadruple bonding, where the transformed wave functions of ϕ L and ϕ R are singly occupied by two opposite-spinning electrons. In this article, the effective bond order (EBO) contribution of the fourth bond in C2 is assessed through the overlap integral between ϕ L and ϕ R , namely the value (0.60) is the EBO contribution of the fourth bond in the transformed scheme. Hence, the new EBO is 3.36, which is more equitable than the original EBO (2.15) in the traditional scheme. In addition, the singlet diradical character of the linear polyacetylenic C4 and C6 in the 1 Σg + state is addressed for the first time. No spin-polarized bonding exists in other linear C2n clusters, because the ionic interaction in the polyacetylenic 1 Σg + state of C4 is negligible. Moreover, the coupling energy between α and β single electrons in C4 is only 4.0 kcal mol-1 based on the electron spin-flip energy. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Changyan Zhu
- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China.,School of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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Tkachenko NV, Boldyrev AI. Chemical bonding analysis of excited states using the adaptive natural density partitioning method. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:9590-9596. [PMID: 31020963 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00379g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel approach to chemical bond analysis for excited states has been developed. Using an extended adaptive natural density partitioning method (AdNDP) as implemented in AdNDP 2.0 code, we obtained chemically intuitive bonding patterns for the excited states of H2O, B5+, and C2H4+ molecules. The deformation pathway in the excited states could be easily predicted based on the analysis of the chemical bond pattern. We expect that this new method of chemical bonding analysis would be very helpful for photochemistry, photoelectron spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy and other chemical applications that involved excited states.
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- Nikolay V Tkachenko
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA.
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- Bayileyegn A. Abate
- Science of Advanced Materials and ‡Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount
Pleasant, Michigan 48859, United States
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- Science of Advanced Materials and ‡Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount
Pleasant, Michigan 48859, United States
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- Science of Advanced Materials and ‡Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount
Pleasant, Michigan 48859, United States
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Dunning TH, Xu LT, Takeshita TY, Lindquist BA. Insights into the Electronic Structure of Molecules from Generalized Valence Bond Theory. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:1763-78. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thom H. Dunning
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Shaik S, Danovich D, Braida B, Hiberty PC. The Quadruple Bonding in C2 Reproduces the Properties of the Molecule. Chemistry 2016; 22:4116-28. [PMID: 26880488 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ever since Lewis depicted the triple bond for acetylene, triple bonding has been considered as the highest limit of multiple bonding for main elements. Here we show that C2 is bonded by a quadruple bond that can be distinctly characterized by valence-bond (VB) calculations. We demonstrate that the quadruply-bonded structure determines the key observables of the molecule, and accounts by itself for about 90% of the molecule's bond dissociation energy, and for its bond lengths and its force constant. The quadruply-bonded structure is made of two strong π bonds, one strong σ bond and a weaker fourth σ-type bond, the bond strength of which is estimated as 17-21 kcal mol(-1). Alternative VB structures with double bonds; either two π bonds or one π bond and one σ bond lie at 129.5 and 106.1 kcal mol(-1), respectively, above the quadruply-bonded structure, and they collapse to the latter structure given freedom to improve their double bonding by dative σ bonding. The usefulness of the quadruply-bonded model is underscored by "predicting" the properties of the (3)Σ+u state. C2's very high reactivity is rooted in its fourth weak bond. Thus, carbon and first-row main elements are open to quadruple bonding!
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- Sason Shaik
- Institute of Chemistry and, The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Institute of Chemistry and, The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel
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- UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7616, Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, C. 137, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR CNRS 8000, Bat. 349, Université de Paris Sud, 91405, Orsay Cédex, France.
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Piris M, Lopez X, Ugalde JM. The Bond Order of C2 from a Strictly N-Representable Natural Orbital Energy Functional Perspective. Chemistry 2016; 22:4109-15. [PMID: 26822104 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The bond order of the ground electronic state of the carbon dimer has been analyzed in the light of natural orbital functional theory calculations carried out with an approximate, albeit strictly N-representable, energy functional. Three distinct solutions have been found from the Euler equations of the minimization of the energy functional with respect to the natural orbitals and their occupation numbers, which expand upon increasing values of the internuclear coordinate. In the close vicinity of the minimum energy region, two of the solutions compete around a discontinuity point. The former, corresponding to the absolute minimum energy, features two valence natural orbitals of each of the following symmetries, σ, σ*, π and π*, and has three bonding interactions and one antibonding interaction, which is very suggestive of a bond order large than two but smaller than three. The latter, features one σ-σ* linked pair of natural orbitals and three degenerate pseudo-bonding like orbitals, paired each with one triply degenerate pseudo-antibonding orbital, which points to a bond order larger than three. When correlation effects, other than Hartree-Fock for example, between the paired natural orbitals are accounted for, this second solution vanishes yielding a smooth continuous dissociation curve. Comparison of the vibrational energies and electron ionization energies, calculated on this curve, with their corresponding experimental marks, lend further support to a bond order for C2 intermediate between acetylene and ethylene.
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- Mario Piris
- Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain. .,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain.
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- Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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Quantum chemical calculations using the complete active space of the valence orbitals have been carried out for Hn CCHn (n=0-3) and N2. The quadratic force constants and the stretching potentials of Hn CCHn have been calculated at the CASSCF/cc-pVTZ level. The bond dissociation energies of the C-C bonds of C2 and HC≡CH were computed using explicitly correlated CASPT2-F12/cc-pVTZ-F12 wave functions. The bond dissociation energies and the force constants suggest that C2 has a weaker C-C bond than acetylene. The analysis of the CASSCF wavefunctions in conjunction with the effective bond orders of the multiple bonds shows that there are four bonding components in C2, while there are only three in acetylene and in N2. The bonding components in C2 consist of two weakly bonding σ bonds and two electron-sharing π bonds. The bonding situation in C2 can be described with the σ bonds in Be2 that are enforced by two π bonds. There is no single Lewis structure that adequately depicts the bonding situation in C2. The assignment of quadruple bonding in C2 is misleading, because the bond is weaker than the triple bond in HC≡CH.
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- Markus Hermann
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
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The unstable molecule C₂ has been of interest since its identification as the source of the "Swan band" features observable in the spectra offlames, carbon arcs, white dwarf stars, and comets, and it continues to serve as a focal point for experimental and theoretical discovery. Recent spectroscopic work has identified a quintet state of the molecule for the first time, while new insights into the bond order of C₂ in its ground state have been provided by sophisticated computational methods based on valence bond theory. This article gives a review of spectroscopic and computational work on C₂ including both historical background and the most recent discoveries.
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Cooper DL, Ponec R, Kohout M. New insights from domain-averaged Fermi holes and bond order analysis into the bonding conundrum in C2. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1112925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- David L. Cooper
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Processes, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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Zhong R, Zhang M, Xu H, Su Z. Latent harmony in dicarbon between VB and MO theories through orthogonal hybridization of 3σ g and 2σ u. Chem Sci 2015; 7:1028-1032. [PMID: 29896370 PMCID: PMC5954846 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc03437j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Besides the classic double bond scheme, several novel schemes have been proposed to describe the nature of the chemical bond in dicarbon (C2), including a quadruple bond and a singlet diradical state. The results from a symmetry-broken CASSCF(8,8)/aug-cc-pVTZ study present a harmony between MO and VB theories, based on the orthogonal hybridization of the 3σg and 2σu orbitals together with the other six pristine valence orbitals. This scheme achieves the same bonding energy, RC-C, ωe and one electron density as that from the eight pristine valence orbitals. A quadruple bond scheme, identical to Prof. Shaik's result from VB theory, is achieved with the 4th bond energy in the range of 12.8-27.6 kcal mol-1. Meanwhile, the weight of a singlet open-shell configuration is the highest among all the possible configurations.
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- Ronglin Zhong
- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery , Faculty of Chemistry , Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024 , China . ;
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery , Faculty of Chemistry , Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024 , China . ;
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery , Faculty of Chemistry , Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024 , China . ;
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery , Faculty of Chemistry , Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024 , China . ;
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Boguslawski K, Ayers PW. Linearized Coupled Cluster Correction on the Antisymmetric Product of 1-Reference Orbital Geminals. J Chem Theory Comput 2015; 11:5252-61. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Katharina Boguslawski
- Institute
of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
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von Szentpály L. Symmetry laws improve electronegativity equalization by orders of magnitude and call for a paradigm shift in conceptual density functional theory. J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:1715-22. [PMID: 25333372 DOI: 10.1021/jp5084345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The strict Wigner-Witmer symmetry constraints on chemical bonding are shown to determine the accuracy of electronegativity equalization (ENE) to a high degree. Bonding models employing the electronic chemical potential, μ, as the negative of the ground-state electronegativity, χ(GS), frequently collide with the Wigner-Witmer laws in molecule formation. The violations are presented as the root of the substantially disturbing lack of chemical potential equalization (CPE) in diatomic molecules. For the operational chemical potential, μ(op), the relative deviations from CPE fall between -31% ≤ δμ(op) ≤ +70%. Conceptual density functional theory (cDFT) cannot claim to have operationally (not to mention, rigorously) proven and unified the CPE and ENE principles. The solution to this limitation of cDFT and the symmetry violations is found in substituting μ(op) (i) by Mulliken's valence-state electronegativity, χ(M), for atoms and (ii) its new generalization, the valence-pair-affinity, α(VP), for diatomic molecules. Mulliken's χ(M) is equalized into the α(VP) of the bond, and the accuracy of ENE is orders of magnitude better than that of CPE using μ(op). A paradigm shift replacing the dominance of ground states by emphasizing valence states seems to be in order for conceptual DFT.
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- László von Szentpály
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart , Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Jeszenszki P, Rassolov V, Surján PR, Szabados Á. Local spin from strongly orthogonal geminal wavefunctions. Mol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.936919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Casanova D. How much tetraradical character is present in the Si₆Ge₉ cluster? J Comput Chem 2014; 35:944-9. [PMID: 24590505 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This study discusses in detail the supposedly tetraradicaloid nature of a spirobis(pentagerma[1.1.1]propellane) derivative recently reported by Ito et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 6770). The electronic structure properties of the Si6Ge9 cluster are computationally explored by means of the composition of the ground state wavefunction, excitation energies to low-lying singlet, triplet and quintet states, and magnetic couplings between radical centers. Two main conclusions can be extracted from the obtained results regarding the radical character of spriobis(pentagerma[1.1.1]propellane): (i) the ground state of the Si6Ge9 cluster presents a rather small amount of effective unpaired electrons, which might be related to its chemical stability and (ii) there is in fact a perceptible tetraradical character within the small overall radical nature of the molecule. The proposed description do not contradict the conclusions drawn by the introductory work of Ito et al., but it provides a more detailed and precise interpretation of radical character of the molecule.
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- David Casanova
- Faculty of Chemistry, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Spain, and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
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Tecmer P, Boguslawski K, Johnson PA, Limacher PA, Chan M, Verstraelen T, Ayers PW. Assessing the Accuracy of New Geminal-Based Approaches. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9058-68. [PMID: 24745368 DOI: 10.1021/jp502127v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Paweł Tecmer
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Center
for Molecular Modeling, QCMM Alliance Ghent-Brussels, Ghent University, Technologiepark
903, Zwijnaarde 9052, Belgium
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main
Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Danovich D, Hiberty PC, Wu W, Rzepa HS, Shaik S. The nature of the fourth bond in the ground state of C2: the quadruple bond conundrum. Chemistry 2014; 20:6220-32. [PMID: 24782210 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Does, or doesn't C2 break the glass ceiling of triple bonding? This work provides an overview on the bonding conundrum in C2 and on the recent discussions regarding our proposal that it possesses a quadruple bond. As such, we focus herein on the main point of contention, the 4th bond of C2, and discuss the main views. We present new data and an overview of the nature of the 4th bond--its proposed antiferromagnetically coupled nature, its strength, and a derivation of its bond energy from experimentally based thermochemical data. We address the bond-order conundrum of C2 arising from generalized VB (GVB) calculations by comparing it to HC≡CH, and showing that the two molecules behave very similarly, and C2 is in no way an exception. We analyse the root cause of the deviation of C2 from the Badger Rule, and demonstrate that the reason for the smaller force constant (FC) of C2 relative to HC≡CH has nothing to do with the bond energies, or with the number of bonds in the two molecules. The FC is determined primarily by the bond length, which is set by the balance between the bond length preferences of the σ- versus π-bonds in the two molecules. This interplay in the case of C2 clearly shows the fingerprints of the 4th bond. Our discussion resolves the points of contention and shows that the arguments used to dismiss the quadruple bond nature of C2 are not well founded.
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- David Danovich
- Institute of Chemistry and Lise Meitner Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel), Fax: (+972) 2-6584680
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Ramos-Cordoba E, Salvador P. Characterization and Quantification of Polyradical Character. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:634-41. [DOI: 10.1021/ct401009p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eloy Ramos-Cordoba
- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) i Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) i Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Girona, Spain
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Ramos-Cordoba E, Salvador P. Diradical character from the local spin analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:9565-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00939h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mottet M, Tecmer P, Boguslawski K, Legeza Ö, Reiher M. Quantum entanglement in carbon–carbon, carbon–phosphorus and silicon–silicon bonds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:8872-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00277f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
We present a quantum entanglement analysis to dissect the bond orders in polyatomic molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthieu Mottet
- ETH Zürich
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
- CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
- CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Strongly Correlated Systems “Lendület” Research Group
- Wigner Research Center for Physics
- H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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- ETH Zürich
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
- CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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