The relevance of the Laplacian of intracule and extracule density distributions for analyzing electron-electron interactions in molecules

A topological analysis of intracule and extracule densities and their Laplacians computed within the Hartree-Fock approximation is presented. The analysis of the density distributions reveals that among all possible electron-electron interactions in atoms and between atoms in molecules only very few...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Fradera i Llinàs, Xavier, Duran i Portas, Miquel, Mestres i López, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3244
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3244
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aproximació, Teoria de l'
Àtoms
Dinàmica molecular
Electrons
Enllaços químics
Funcional de densitat, Teoria del
Hartree-Fock, Teoria de
Hidrocarburs
Laplace, Transformacions de
Molècules
Approximation theory
Atoms
Chemical bonds
Density functionals
Hartree-Fock theory
Hydrocarbons
Laplace tranformations
Molecular dynamics
Molecules
Electrons -- Distribució
Electron distribution
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Sumario:A topological analysis of intracule and extracule densities and their Laplacians computed within the Hartree-Fock approximation is presented. The analysis of the density distributions reveals that among all possible electron-electron interactions in atoms and between atoms in molecules only very few are located rigorously as local maxima. In contrast, they are clearly identified as local minima in the topology of Laplacian maps. The conceptually different interpretation of intracule and extracule maps is also discussed in detail. An application example to the C2H2, C2H4, and C2H6 series of molecules is presented