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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13(2), 2160-2175; doi:10.3390/ijms13022160
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On the Electrophilic Character of Molecules Through Its Relation with Electronegativity and Chemical Hardness
Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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Received: 31 December 2011; in revised form: 6 February 2012 / Accepted: 7 February 2012 / Published: 17 February 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atoms in Molecules and in Nanostructures)
Abstract: Electrophilicity is an intrinsic property of atoms and molecules. It probably originates logistically with the involvement in the physical process of electrostatics of soaked charge in electronic shells and the screened nuclear charge of atoms. Motivated by the existing view of conceptual density functional theory that similar to electronegativity and hardness equalization, there should be a physical process of equalization of electrophilicity during the chemical process of formation of hetero nuclear molecules, we have developed a new theoretical scheme and formula for evaluating the electrophilicity of hetero nuclear molecules. A comparative study with available bench marking reveals that the hypothesis of electrophilicity and equalization, and the present method of evaluating equalized electrophilicity, are scientifically promising.
Keywords: electronegativity; hardness; electrophilicity index; electronegativity equalization principle; hardness equalization principle; electrophilicity equalization principle
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Islam, N.; Ghosh, D.C. On the Electrophilic Character of Molecules Through Its Relation with Electronegativity and Chemical Hardness. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 2160-2175.
AMA StyleIslam N, Ghosh DC. On the Electrophilic Character of Molecules Through Its Relation with Electronegativity and Chemical Hardness. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2012; 13(2):2160-2175.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIslam, Nazmul; Ghosh, Dulal C. 2012. "On the Electrophilic Character of Molecules Through Its Relation with Electronegativity and Chemical Hardness." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, no. 2: 2160-2175.
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