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Recognizing a triple bond between main group atoms

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The electron pair density, in conjunction with the theory of an atom in a molecule, enables one to unambiguously determine the nature of the bonding between the gallium atoms in bent [HGa-GaH]2−. The Ga-Ga bonding in the dianion at the experimental bond length is found to be the result of the sharing of two electron pairs at the Hartree-Fock level of theory, the level consistent with the Lewis model of the electron pair.

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  1.  Grupo de Modelización y Diseño Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, Universidad de Granada, 18071-Granada, Spain, , , , , , ES

    José Molina Molina & J. A. Dobado

  2.  Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada, , , , , , CA

    George L. Heard & Richard F. W. Bader

  3.  Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Markku R. Sundberg

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Received: 27 July 2000 / Accepted: 4 October 2000 / Published online: 19 January 2001

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Molina Molina, J., Dobado, J., Heard, G. et al. Recognizing a triple bond between main group atoms. Theor Chem Acc 105, 365–373 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002140000232

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