Helium, isoelectronic with hydrogen

If a hydrogen atom were to gain a second electron, it would be isoelectronic with the stable electron configuration of helium. However, because two identical hydrogen atoms have an equal tendency to gain or lose electrons, an electron transfer from one atom to the other is unlikely to occur imder normal conditions. Each atom may attain a noble gas structure only by sharing its electron with the other, as shown with Lewis symbols ... 

In a few cases, the wave-function F of a monatomic entity can be used for calculating a, e.g. 4.5 bohr3 for the hydrogen atom, or 0.205 A3 for the helium atom in agreement with the experimental value. Gaseous H does not have a Hartree-Fock function stable relative to spontaneous loss of an electron, and it is necessary to introduce correlation effects in order to calculate a which is said to be 31 A3. The value 1.8 A3 for H(-I) in Table 2 derives from NaCl-type LiH, NaH and KH. The anion B2Hg2 has a = 6.3 A3 to be compared with the isoelectronic C2H6 4.47 A3. Since CH4 has a =... 

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