Electron Density Topological Properties Are Useful To Assess the Difference between Hydrogen and Dihydrogen Complexes
- 25 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- Vol. 111 (20), 4506-4512
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp070080u
Abstract
B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) and MP2/6-31++G(d,p) calculations for a series of hydrogen- and dihydrogen-bonded systems have been carried out in order to analyze the topology of the electron density and the energy densities at the respective energy-optimized bond critical points. Even though there are no significant differences when these properties are represented as a function of the dimerization energy, they can be separated into two well-defined sets if those properties are correlated with intermolecular distances. When analyzing the dependence of various properties with equilibrium bond lengths, the specific trends of dihydrogen bond systems consist of (a) lower electron density at the bond critical point, and (b) lower concentration/depletion of that density which can be translated in a different behavior for the Laplacian components. Furthermore, the sets of molecules form two different plots which allow for a valuable classification between hydrogen- and dihydrogen-bonded systems.Keywords
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