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We have analyzed the electronic populations of chemical bonds and atoms in the highly symmetric closo-carboranes 1,5-C2B3H5 (I) and 1,6-C2B4H6 (II). The overlap populations σXY are compared with the corresponding Mulliken indices. We note substantial nonadditivity of the populations σXY for "closed" three-center bonds BCB' and the closeness of the total overlap population σt to its maximum value. We have established the localization of the natural MOs on the bonds CH, BH, and BCB', and for molecule I also on the CBC' bonds. The effects of conjugation of bonds in the closo-carborane polyhedron are apparent in the linear dependence of these MOs. The corresponding nonorthogonal hybrid AOs of carbon and boron are also linearly dependent. We have formulated the concept of unshared population of an atom.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)422-427
Число страниц6
ЖурналTheoretical and Experimental Chemistry
Том23
Номер выпуска4
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СостояниеОпубликовано - 1988

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