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Reaching the Maximum Multiplicity of the Covalent Chemical Bond
Author(s) -
Roos Björn O.,
Borin Antonio C.,
Gagliardi Laura
Publication year - 2007
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.200603600
Subject(s) - covalent bond , multiplicity (mathematics) , bond energy , bond order , molecule , bond length , chemical bond , atomic physics , physics , sextuple bond , bond , chemistry , molecular physics , materials science , crystallography , computational chemistry , chemical physics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics , finance , economics
Maxing out at six : The maximum bond order that can be achieved between two equal atoms in the periodic system is six. The picture shows the potential energy curves for the diatoms Cr 2 , Mo 2 , and W 2 , where the latter two are sextuply bonded molecules ( d =internuclear distance in atomic units).
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