ELECTRONEGATIVITY EQUALIZATION METHOD FOR THE CALCULATION OF ATOMIC CHARGES IN MOLECULES
ELECTRONEGATIVITY EQUALIZATION METHOD FOR THE CALCULATION OF ATOMIC CHARGES IN MOLECULES
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00275a013
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发表时间:
1986-07-23
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SHANKAR, S
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作者:
MORTIER, WJ;GHOSH, SK;SHANKAR, S
On the basis of the principle of electronegativity equalization, a formalism has been developed for the calculation of atomic charges in molecules which are connectivity and geometry dependent. The effective electronegativity of an atom in a molecule, which is equal to the molecular electronegativity, is given by eq 34where „and are the neutral atom electronegativity andhardness, respectively, qa and qg are the charges on atoms a and ß, and R^ is the internuclear distance. The parameters „and are the corrections to the neutral atom electronegativity and hardness that arise as a consequence of bonding. A theoretical justification for the above formulation is provided within the framework of density functional theory. and are obtained by calibrating through small-molecule calculations and are transferable and consistently usable for calculating charges in any molecule. The formalism is tested through calculation of atomic charges in several small and large molecules including alanine dipeptide and riboses which are of biological importance. Atomic charges in interacting molecules viz. water dimers are also studied.The principleof electronegativity equalization has led tothe development of a formalism for the calculation of atomic charges in molecules which are geometry and connectivity dependent. 1 This formalism, which has a rigorous theoretical basis in the Hohenberg and Kohn theorem, 2 invokes the concept of an atom in a molecule through partitioning of the molecular density into atomic-like densities. Parr et al. 3 have shown that the electronegativity,, of any chemical species4 is nothing but the negative