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A new method of visualization of lone pairs is proposed using fluorine atoms in fluoroacetylene, trifluoroethylene, and fluoroform (sp, sp 2, and sp 3 hybridized carbons) as an example. The space around fluorines was probed by a helium atom and at each point 3He NMR chemical shift δ He and its Laplacian ∇ 2δ He were calculated. The ∇ 2δ He isosurfaces have symmetrical toroidal shapes along CF axes; the maximum values of ∇ 2δ He are reached at about 1.5 Å from fluorine atom center in the direction roughly coinciding with the lone pair localization. The absolute values of the ∇ 2δ He could be used to quantify the electron-rich regions of lone pairs. The results are compared with more common visualization methods—3D maps of the molecular electrostatic potential and the electron localization function. We show that a helium atom could be used for evaluation of fine features of molecular electronic shell, since 3He NMR spectral characteristics remain sensitive at relatively large distances.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2459-2462 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Computational Chemistry |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 29 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 5 Nov 2018 |
ID: 36091816