On obtaining localized bonding schemes from delocalized molecular-orbital wave functions
On obtaining localized bonding schemes from delocalized molecular-orbital wave functions
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从离域分子轨道波函数获得局域键合方案
DOI:
10.1007/s002140050225
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
V. Bachler
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作者:
V. Bachler
A straightforward procedure is proposed for expanding a molecular orbital determinantal wave function into a set of determinantal wave functions composed of atomic orbitals localized at the atoms of a molecule. By employing this method, atomic orbital determinants and their weights can be derived for a molecule from the computed molecular-orbital wave function. The procedure permits the interpretation of a molecular orbital determinantal wave function in terms of bonding schemes related to the classic resonance structures used by organic chemists. By using the unrestricted molecular orbital determinant, bonding schemes and their weights are obtained for butadiene, the butadiene radical cation and the acrylonitrile radical anion. Their dominant bonding schemes are in accord with the relevant resonance structures for these molecules. For the butadiene radical cation and the acrylonitrile anion they are shown to be compatible with the accepted mechanisms of the electrochemical coupling reactions of butadiene and acrylonitrile.