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Charge Densities Come of Age
Author(s) -
Coppens Philip
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200501734
Subject(s) - propellane , charge (physics) , characterization (materials science) , charge density , chemical physics , materials science , computational chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , stereochemistry , quantum mechanics , bicyclic molecule
To be or not to be (a bond, that is)? Recent progress in X‐ray charge‐density analysis is discussed with emphasis on the characterization of unusual bonding situations, such as the recently reported CC “bonding” interaction in a [1.1.1]propellane (see structure).