the do1(18c6)fi (mwli. na. k and i 8c6=18-crown-6) complexes have been chosen as the model systems toinvestigate the nature of chemical bonds between alkali metal cations and large mffitidentaie orgmnic ligands.the b3lyp/6-3i+g(d,p) level of calculation has been used for obtaining equilibrium geernetnes and p(r)functions (electron density distributions). by the aid of fundamental physical theor...

Isotopic effects on the formation and dissociation kinetics of hydrogen bonds are studied in real time with ultrafast chemical exchange spectroscopy. The dissociation time of hydrogen bond between phenol-OH and p-xylene (or mesitylene) is found to be identical to that between phenol-OD and p-xylene (or mesitylene) in the same solvents. The experimental results demonstrate that the isotope subst...

In an earlier paper, W. Kohn had qualitatively introduced the concept of "nearsightedness" of electrons in many-atom systems. It can be viewed as underlying such important ideas as Pauling's "chemical bond," "transferability," and Yang's computational principle of "divide and conquer." It describes the fact that, for fixed chemical potential, local electronic properties, such as the density n(r...

This paper develops a connection between the phenomenology of chemical bonding and the theory of relativity. Empirical correlations between electron numbers in atoms and chemical bond stabilities in molecules are first reviewed and extended. Quantitative chemical bond strengths are then related to ionization potentials in elements. Striking patterns in ionization potentials are revealed when th...

Improving the accuracy and thus broadening the applicability of electronic density functional theory (DFT) is crucial to many research areas, from material science, to theoretical chemistry, biophysics and biochemistry. In the last three years, the mathematical structure of the strong-interaction limit of density functional theory has been uncovered, and exact information on this limit has star...

We present, a systematic theoretical study of the adsorption of Ga, In and N over GaAs (110) surfaces based on parameter-free, self-consistent total energy and force calculations using the density functional theory. We analyzed the changes in the bond-lengths and in the bond-angles before and after deposition, as well as the total energy behaviour with the adsorbate chemical potential variation...

A series of iso-structural complexes [(SIPr)AgX] (X = Cl, Br, I, OTf; SIPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolidene) were synthesised, including the first example of a N-heterocyclic carbene silver(I) complex containing an O-bound triflate. Bond Energy Dissociation and Natural Orbitals for Chemical Valence bond analyses (BEDA & ETS-NOCV) revealing a significant NHC → M σ-back-donation, whi...

h6-benzne, h6-garphyne) was studied with MPW1PW91 quantum chemical computations. Quantumtheory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) was applied to elucidate these complexes Cr-CO bonds. Theellipticity (e) and h values of the Cr-CO bonds were calculated. The amount of pp-dp back-donation ofCr-CO bonds were illustrated by calculation of the magnitude of the quadrupole polarization of c...

Thermodynamic aspects of chemical reactions have a long history in the physical chemistry literature. In particular, biochemical cycles require a source of energy to function. However, although fundamental, the role of chemical potential and Gibb's free energy in the analysis of biochemical systems is often overlooked leading to models which are physically impossible. The bond graph approach wa...

Double bond locations in fatty acids can be determined from characteristic charge-remote fragmentation patterns of alkali metal-adducted fatty acids following high energy collision activated dissociation (CAD). With low energy CAD, several chemical derivatization methods, including ozonization, epoxidation, and hydroxylation, have been used to generate characteristic fragments. However, high en...