BONDING IN CYCLOPROPANE

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作者
HAMILTON, JG [1 ]
PALKE, WE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT CHEM,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
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10.1021/ja00063a038
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
A new technique is introduced for optimization of valence-bond wave functions; this consists of evaluating energy derivatives with respect to orbital coefficients and applying a steepest descent algorithm. Application to cyclopropane predicts a bonding structure of D3h symmetry with three equivalent C-C bonds. The C-C bonds are localized between each two carbon atoms and are bent with orbital amplitude concentrated outside the ring. The bonding picture in cyclopropane is compared to ethylene, ethane, and diborane.
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页码:4159 / 4164
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