Describing chemical reactivity with frontier molecular orbitalets

J Yu, NQ Su, W Yang - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Locality in physical space is critical in understanding chemical reactivity in the analysis of
various phenomena and processes in chemistry, biology, and materials science, as …

A combined charge and energy decomposition scheme for bond analysis

MP Mitoraj, A Michalak, T Ziegler - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2009 - ACS Publications
In the present study we have introduced a new scheme for chemical bond analysis by
combining the Extended Transition State (ETS) method [Theor. Chim. Acta 1977, 46, 1] with …

Bond orbitals from chemical valence theory

A Michalak, M Mitoraj, T Ziegler - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Two sets of orbitals are derived, directly connected to the Nalewajski− Mrozek valence and
bond-multiplicity indices: Localized Orbitals from the Bond-Multiplicity Operator (LOBO) and …

Natural orbitals for chemical valence as descriptors of chemical bonding in transition metal complexes

M Mitoraj, A Michalak - Journal of molecular modeling, 2007 - Springer
Natural orbitals for chemical valence (NOCV) are defined as the eigenvectors of the
chemical valence operator defined by Nalewajski et al.; they decompose the deformation …

Applications of natural orbitals for chemical valence in a description of bonding in conjugated molecules

M Mitoraj, A Michalak - Journal of molecular modeling, 2008 - Springer
Natural orbitals for chemical valence (NOCV) were used to describe bonding in conjugated
π-electron molecules. The 'single'C–C bond in trans-1, 3-butadiene, 1, 3-butadiene-1, 1, 4, 4 …

Two‐electron valence indices from the Kohn‐Sham orbitals

RF Nalewajski, J Mrozek… - International Journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The recent Hartree‐Fock (HF) difference approach to the chemical valence indices
(ionic and covalent), formulated in the framework of the pair‐density matrix, is implemented …

Bond multiplicity in transition-metal complexes: applications of two-electron valence indices

A Michalak, RL DeKock, T Ziegler - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In the present study the applicability of the bond multiplicities from the Nalewajski and
Mrozek valence indices was demonstrated for a variety of transition metal-based systems …

Computational Tools and Techniques in Designing Ligands for the Selective Separation of Actinide and Lanthanide: A Review

C Ebenezer, RV Solomon - Comments on Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The development of density functional theory (DFT) has significantly enhanced the use of
computational chemistry as a tool in the design and development of ligands for the …

Understanding electronic structure and chemical reactivity: Quantum-information perspective

RF Nalewajski - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several applications of quantum mechanics and information theory to chemical reactivity
problems are presented with emphasis on equivalence of variational principles for the …

Double dative bond between divalent carbon (0) and uranium

W Su, S Pan, X Sun, S Wang, L Zhao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Dative bonds between p-and d-block atoms are common but species containing a double
dative bond, which donate two-electron pairs to the same acceptor, are far less common …