Electronegativity effects and single covalent bond lengths of molecules in the gas phase
Lang, Peter F. and Smith, Barry (2014) Electronegativity effects and single covalent bond lengths of molecules in the gas phase. Dalton Transactions 43 , pp. 8016-8025. ISSN 1477-9226.
Abstract
This paper discusses in detail the calculation of internuclear distances of heteronuclear single bond covalent molecules in the gaseous state. It reviews briefly the effect of electronegativity in covalent bond length. A set of single bond covalent radii and electronegativity values are proposed. Covalent bond lengths calculated by an adapted form of a simple expression (which calculated internuclear separation of different Group 1 and Group 2 crystalline salts to a remarkable degree of accuracy) show very good agreement with observed values. A small number of bond lengths with double bonds as well as bond lengths in the crystalline state are calculated using the same expression and when compared with observed values also give good agreement. This work shows that covalent radii are not additive and that radii in the crystalline state are different from those in the gaseous state. The results also show that electronegativity is a major influence on covalent bond lengths and the set of electronegativity scale and covalent radii proposed in this work can be used to calculate covalent bond lengths in different environments that have not yet been experimentally measured.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2014 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:10 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/9602 |
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