A Detailed Classification of Three-Centre Two-Electron Bonds

Gnanasekar, SP and Arunan, E (2020) A Detailed Classification of Three-Centre Two-Electron Bonds. In: Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (8). pp. 767-774.

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Abstract

We evaluate the three-centre two-electron (3c-2e) bonds using atoms in molecules (AIM) and natural bond orbital (NBO) theoretical analyses. They have been classified as 'open (V)' or 'closed (Δ)', depending on how the three centres were bonded. Herein, we show that they could be classified as V, L, Δ, Y, T and I (linear) arrangements depending on the way the three centres are bonded. These different structures are found in B2H6 (V), CH5+ (V), Me-C2H2+ (L), B3+ (Δ), C3H3+ (Δ), H3+ (Y), 2-norbornyl+ (T), SiH5+ (T), and Al2H7- (I). Our results suggest that CH3Li2+ does not contain a 3c-2e bond according to NBO analysis. Therefore, we propose that 3c-2e bonds are classified more accurately as V, L, Δ, Y, T, or I, based on the electron density topology.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Australian Journal of Chemistry
Publisher:	CSIRO
Additional Information:	The Copyright of this article belongs to CSIRO.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2022 05:36
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2022 05:36
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/65520

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