Nature of nonclassical bonds in closo-boranes: Nonlinear population analysis approach

The population analysis of higher order densities previously described by us and other investigators, has been applied to the description of 1,5-X2B3H3(X = N, CH, P, SiH, BH-) members of the closo-borane family. The calculated results, obtained at the SCF level, suggest the presence of three-center...

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Autores principales: Torre, A., Lain, L., Bochicchio, R., Ponec, R.
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Sumario:The population analysis of higher order densities previously described by us and other investigators, has been applied to the description of 1,5-X2B3H3(X = N, CH, P, SiH, BH-) members of the closo-borane family. The calculated results, obtained at the SCF level, suggest the presence of three-center nonclassical bonds in the majority of systems studied. The good agreement between our results and those obtained from more sophisticated methods make this procedure a suitable and simple tool for detecting and localizing three-center bonds. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.