On the Usefulness of Bond Orders and Overlap Populations to Chalcogen-Nitrogen Systems

Bond orders calculated using the Mayer, Wiberg or NAO methodologies are incompatible with the observed bond lengths in chalcogen–nitrogen systems. To study this discrepancy four types of bond orders and three types of (scaled) overlap populations have been used to determine the bonding in these syst...

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Published in:European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2006-01, Vol.2006 (1), p.69-77
Main Authors: Oláh, Julianna, Blockhuys, Frank, Veszprémi, Tamás, Van Alsenoy, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bond order
Bonding
Chalcogen-nitrogen systems
Hirshfeld partitioning
Overlap population
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Summary:Bond orders calculated using the Mayer, Wiberg or NAO methodologies are incompatible with the observed bond lengths in chalcogen–nitrogen systems. To study this discrepancy four types of bond orders and three types of (scaled) overlap populations have been used to determine the bonding in these systems. A new overlap population based on the Hirshfeld partitioning of the electron density is compared to the Mayer, Wiberg, NAO and Fuzzy bond order schemes and the Mulliken and Fuzzy overlap population schemes. The correlation between the investigated bond orders and overlap populations is excellent for common organic molecules, but the (scaled) Hirshfeld and Fuzzy overlap population schemes produce the best results for a series of chalcogen‐nitrogen systems. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200500489