Non-covalent interactions from a Quantum Chemical Topology perspective

PLA Popelier - Journal of molecular modeling, 2022 - Springer
About half a century after its little-known beginnings, the quantum topological approach
called QTAIM has grown into a widespread, but still not mainstream, methodology of …

Toward a consistent interpretation of the QTAIM: tortuous link between chemical bonds, interactions, and bond/line paths

C Foroutan‐Nejad, S Shahbazian… - Chemistry–A European …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, bonding analysis of molecules based on the Quantum Theory of Atoms in
Molecules (QTAIM) is popular; however,“misinterpretations” of the QTAIM analysis are also …

Quantum chemical topology

PLA Popelier - The chemical bond II: 100 years old and getting …, 2016 - Springer
In this frank and thought-provoking account, quantum chemical topology (QCT) is explained
to the novice, leading up highlights of QCT's most recent findings and views. The difference …

Molecular model with quantum mechanical bonding information

HJ Bohórquez, RJ Boyd, CF Matta - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The molecular structure can be defined quantum mechanically thanks to the theory of atoms
in molecules. Here, we report a new molecular model that reflects quantum mechanical …

The QTAIM perspective of chemical bonding

PLA Popelier - The chemical bond: fundamental aspects of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecule (QTAIM) started off as a theory of energy
partitioning, interpreting a chemical bond as a result of mononuclear parts interacting with …

Contributions of IQA electron correlation in understanding the chemical bond and non-covalent interactions

AF Silva, LJ Duarte, PLA Popelier - Structural Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
The quantum topological energy partitioning method Interacting Quantum Atoms (IQA) has
been applied for over a decade resulting in an enlightening analysis of a variety of systems …

Toward the multi-component quantum theory of atoms in molecules: a variational derivation

M Goli, S Shahbazian - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2013 - Springer
The general formalism of an extended quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM)
dealing with the multi-component quantum systems, composed of various types of quantum …

When does a hydrogen bond become a van der Waals interaction? A topological answer

C Tantardini - Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen bond (H‐bond) is among the most important noncovalent interaction (NCI) for
bioorganic compounds. However, no “energy border” has yet been identified to distinguish it …

Quantum chemical topology: on bonds and potentials

PLA Popelier - Intermolecular forces and clusters I, 2005 - Springer
In this essay-like review two different aspects of the “Quantum Chemical Topology”(QCT)
approach are critically discussed at great length. One is the ability to compute bonding …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Found in translation: Quantum chemical tools for grasping non-covalent interactions

E Pastorczak, C Corminboeuf - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Today's quantum chemistry methods are extremely powerful but rely upon complex
quantities such as the massively multidimensional wavefunction or even the simpler electron …