Three-membered carbocycles are extremely important versatile building blocks for organic
chemistry. Their unique structural and electronic properties give rise to an array of very …

▪ Abstract The multiconfiguration self-consistent field (MCSCF) method offers the most
general approach to the computation of chemical reactions and multiple electronic states …

A description of the ab initio quantum chemistry package GAMESS is presented. Chemical
systems containing atoms through radon can be treated with wave functions ranging from …

Since the discovery that the so‐called “double‐bond” rule could be broken, the field of
molecular main group multiple bonds has expanded rapidly. With the majority of …

For a long time methylene (: CH2), ethylene (H2C CH2), and cyclopropane [(CH2) 3] were
considered as compounds whose higher main group homologues or analogues could not …

Hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in our daily lives due to their use as commodity materials (eg
polyethylene) and fuels. Heavier Group 14 element hydrides, termed herein as “inorganic …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the chemistry of the thermally stable bis
(amino) silylenes Si [(NCH2But) 2C6H4-1, 2][abbreviated as Si (NN)] 1 and Si [N (But) CH] 2 …

Ethylene is a key industrial precursor to numerous valueadded chemicals,[1] and is a
regulatory component for plant growth.[2] Moreover, ethylene has played an important role …

Through a basis-set-independent web of localizing orbital-transformations, the electronic
wave function of a molecule is expressed in terms of a set of orbitals that reveal the atomic …

Recent advances in the chemistry of stable heteronuclear heavy alkenes> EE '<(E, E '=
group 14 elements) are reviewed, covering silenes (> Si C<), germenes (> Ge C<) …