Models, of electron density

Polarography and ESR data provide important information about the energies and electron distribution of the excited states of annelated benzenes. " By incorporating rehybridization effects into the Hiickel model of electron densities, a correlation between ring strain, experimental spin densities, and redox potentials is obtained for a series of naphthalenes and naphthoquinones. These studies provide further support for ring-strain induced rehybridization. 

Localized Models of Electron Density in Molecules.—Based on the linear response equation (122), applied however to periodic monatomic crystals, Jones and March57 have argued that in discussion of vibrational properties the correct tool... 

Whereas the molecular center of mass is of importance in both dynamics and spectroscopy, a formal center of the electronic density distribution has direct significance in shape characterization. A suitable definition of this latter center may differ from the molecular center of mass. The fuzzy set model of electron densities is represented by the... 

Pictorial approaches to molecular structure and reactivity based on computer-generated models of electron density distributions (as well as the... 

Another study focusing on the comparison between theoretical and experimental densities is that of Tsirelson el al. on MgO.133 Here precise X-ray and high-energy transmission electron diffraction methods were used in the exploration of p and the electrostatic potential. The structure amplitudes were determined and their accuracy estimated using ab initio Hartree-Fock structure amplitudes. The model of electron density was adjusted to X-ray experimental structure amplitudes and those calculated by the Hartree-Fock model. The electrostatic potential, deformation density and V2p were calculated with this model. The CPs in both experimental and theoretical model electron densities were found and compared with those of procrystals from spherical atoms and ions. A disagreement concerning the type of CP at ( , 0) in the area of low,... 

The most elementary mean-field models of electronic structure introduce a potential that an electron at r would experience if it were interacting with a spatially averaged electrostatic charge density arising from the N- 1 remaining electrons ... 

Besides the expressions for a surface derived from the van der Waals surface (see also the CPK model in Section 2.11.2.4), another model has been established to generate molecular surfaces. It is based on the molecular distribution of electronic density. The definition of a Limiting value of the electronic density, the so-called isovalue, results in a boundary layer (isoplane) [187]. Each point on this surface has an identical electronic density value. A typical standard value is about 0.002 au (atomic unit) to represent electronic density surfaces. 

These calculations indicate that both the methyl group and the nitrogen atom increase the electron density around the carbon atom in the double bond which is /3 to the substituent (models 143 and 144). Therefore, when both of these groups are bonded to the same carbon atom of the double bond, this increase of electron density about the jS-carbon atom is intensified (as in model 146 and compound 142). This type of compound, then, is more strongly held by the stationary phase, and hence its retention time is longer than that of compound 141, where the effects of the methyl substituent and the nitrogen counteract each other (model 145). 

At a physical level. Equation 35 represents a mixing of all of the possible electronic states of the molecule, all of which have some probability of being attained according to the laws of quantum mechanics. Full Cl is the most complete non-relativistic treatment of the molecular system possible, within the limitations imposed by the chosen basis set. It represents the possible quantum states of the system while modelling the electron density in accordance with the definition (and constraints) of the basis set in use. For this reason, it appears in the rightmost column of the following methods chart ... 

Both space-filling and electron density models yield similar molecular volumes, and both show the obvious differences in overall size. Because the electron density surfaces provide no discernible boundaries between atoms (and employ no colors to highlight these boundaries), the surfaces may appear to be less informative than space-filling models in helping to decide to what extent a particular atom is exposed . This weakness raises an important point, however. Electrons are associated with a molecule as a whole and not with individual atoms. The space-filling representation of a molecule in terms of discernible atoms does not reflect reality, but rather is an artifact of the model. The electron density surface is more accurate in that it shows a single electron cloud for the entire molecule. 

Examine space-filling models and electron density surfaces for alkene A and alkene B. For each, which face of the double bond is less hindered Which atoms cause steric hindrance of the alkene Is this reaction controlled by steric hindrance If so, explain which step(s) in the catal3 ic mechanism would be most affected. 

To make matters worse, the use of a uniform gas model for electron density does not enable one to carry out good calculations. Instead a density gradient must be introduced into the uniform electron gas distribution. The way in which this has been implemented has typically been in a semi-empirical manner by working backwards from the known results on a particular atom, usually the helium atom (Gill, 1998). It has thus been possible to obtain an approximate set of functions which often serve to give successful approximations in other atoms and molecules. As far as I know, there is no known way of yet calculating, in an ab initio manner, the required density gradient which must be introduced into the calculations. 

To improve our model we note that s- and /7-orbitals are waves of electron density centered on the nucleus of an atom. We imagine that the four orbitals interfere with one another and produce new patterns where they intersect, like waves in water. Where the wavefunctions are all positive or all negative, the amplitudes are increased by this interference where the wavefunctions have opposite signs, the overall amplitude is reduced and might even be canceled completely. As a result, the interference between the atomic orbitals results in new patterns. These new patterns are called hybrid orbitals. Each of the four hybrid orbitals, designated bn, is formed from a linear combinations of the four atomic orbitals ... 

Jones TA, Zou JY, Cowan SW, Kjeldegaard M. Improved methods for building protein models in electron-density maps and the location of errors in these models. Acta Cryst 1991 A47 110-9... 

At the center of the approach taken by Thomas and Fermi is a quantum statistical model of electrons which, in its original formulation, takes into account only the kinetic energy while treating the nuclear-electron and electron-electron contributions in a completely classical way. In their model Thomas and Fermi arrive at the following, very simple expression for the kinetic energy based on the uniform electron gas, a fictitious model system of constant electron density (more information on the uniform electron gas will be given in Section 6.4) ... 

The least-squares Molly program based on the Hansen-Coppens model [10] was used to determine atomic coordinates, thermal parameters and multipolar density coefficients in scolecite. In the Hansen-Coppens model, the electron density of unit cell is considered as the superposition of the pseudo-atomic densities. The pseudoatom electron density is given by... 

As the SIBFA approach relies on the use of distributed multipoles and on approximation derived form localized MOs, it is possible to generalize the philosophy to a direct use of electron density. That way, the Gaussian electrostatic model (GEM) [2, 14-16] relies on ab initio-derived fragment electron densities to compute the components of the total interaction energy. It offers the possibility of a continuous electrostatic model going from distributed multipoles to densities and allows a direct inclusion of short-range quantum effects such as overlap and penetration effects in the molecular mechanics energies. 

Thus there are five bonding electrons giving a bond order of 2.5, consistent with the bond length of 115 pm, versus 121 pm for the four-electron bond in O2 and 110 pm for the six-electron bond in N2. For these and other related molecules, the double-quartet model is a convenient and useful alternative to the conventional molecular orbital model. Moreover, it shows that for a singly bonded terminal atom such as F or Cl there is a ring of six nonbonding electrons rather than three separate lone pairs. As we will see in Chapters 7 and 8, this conclusion is confirmed by the analysis of electron density distributions. 

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