Abstract
The focus of this chapter lies on the deduction of chemical properties from charge density studies in some interesting, mainly main group element compounds. The relationship between these numerical data and commonly accepted simple chemical concepts is unfortunately not always straightforward, and often, the researcher relies on heuristic connections, rather than rigorously defined ones. In this chapter, we demonstrate how charge density analyses can shed light on aspects of chemical bonding and the chemical reactivity resulting from the determined bonding situation.
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the priority program 1178 Experimental charge density as the key to understand chemical interactions; the DNRF funded Center for Materials Crystallography; and the PhD program CaSuS, Catalysis for Sustainable Synthesis, funded from the Land Niedersachsen, Chemetall, Frankfurt, and the Volkswagenstiftung. The authors are particularly indebted to many capable students providing the basic results brought about by this article.
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Flierler, U., Stalke, D. (2012). Some Main Group Chemical Perceptions in the Light of Experimental Charge Density Investigations. In: Stalke, D. (eds) Electron Density and Chemical Bonding I. Structure and Bonding, vol 146. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/430_2011_71
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