LAPLACIAN OF CHARGE-DENSITY FOR BINUCLEAR COMPLEXES - THE METAL-METAL BOND IN THE RH-2(4+) UNIT

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作者
BO, C [1 ]
POBLET, JM [1 ]
BENARD, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,CHIM QUANT LAB,CNRS,ER 139,INST LEBEL,F-67070 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
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10.1016/0009-2614(90)85171-8
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The Laplacian of the charge density has been computed for models of the binuclear complexes Rh2(tcl)4 (1) and Rh2(tcl)4CO (2), with tcl=thiocaprolactamate. The inner-valence shell charge concentration (i-VSCC) of the rhodium atom exhibits eight maxima in agreement with the pattern predicted by the crystal field theory assumptions. The rhodium-rhodium bond in complexes 1 and 2 is not characterized by large accumulations of charge between both metals. As previously suggested by electron deformation density analysis, the metal-metal bond does not behave like usual covalent bonds. The analysis of Laplacian charge-density maps suggests a weakening of the rhodium-rhodium bond induced by axial CO coordination. © 1990.
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