Energy Electronegativity and Chemical Bonding
S. S. Bat︠s︡anov
Abstract
Historical development of the concept of electronegativity (EN) and its significance and prospects for physical and structural chemistry are discussed. The current cutting-edge results are reviewed: new methods of determining the ENs of atoms in solid metals and of bond polarities and effective atomic charges in molecules and crystals. The ENs of nanosized elements are calculated for the first time, enabling us to understand their unusual reactivity, particularly the fixation of N2 by nanodiamond. Bond polarities in fluorides are also determined for the first time, taking into account the peculiarities of the fluorine atom’s electronic structure and its electron affinity.
Topics & Concepts
ElectronegativityChemical bondFluorineReactivity (psychology)MoleculeAtom (system on chip)Chemical physicsChemistryComputational chemistryBond energyNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryComputer scienceAlternative medicineMedicineEmbedded systemPathologyAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesInorganic Fluorides and Related CompoundsMachine Learning in Materials Science