Original scientific paper

Hybrid Bond Orbitals and Bond Strengths for Pentacovalent Bonding

Zelek S. Herman ; Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 440 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94306, U.S.A.
Linus Pauling ; Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 440 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94306, U.S.A.

Abstract

A brief history of the theory of hybrid bond orbitals is pre- .
sented. Bond strengths and hybrid bond orbitals are derived for
pentacovalent systems having five bond directions which are related
by five-, four-, or threefold axes of symmetry. In none of
these cases does the maximum value of the bond strength occur
for the geometry in which the central atom is coplanar with the
non-axial bonds. For the system with a threefold axis of symmetry,
the curve of bond strength versus bond angle is sufficiently flat
over a large range of angles that the non-axial bonds are amenable
to bending. Finally, the experimental implication of these results is
discussed.

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Hrčak ID:

194053

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/194053

Publication date:

14.1.1985.

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