Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1210.0121 (A. Grassi et al.)

Fingerprints of antiaromaticity in the negative ion (Li_3Al_4)^- via an
ab initio quantum-chemical study
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A. Grassi, G. M. Lombardo, G. G. N. Angilella, N. H. March, R. Pucci
Fingerprints of antiaromaticity in the negative ion (Li_3Al_4)^-, this species being realizable via a laser vaporization technique, are revealed by means of an ab initio quantum-chemical investigation. First, the ground-state equilibrium geometry of this ion is predicted. Also, the characteristics of the HOMO are studied, both for the square and the rectangular Al_4 geometry in two low-lying isomers of the negative ion. There is no particular sensitivity to the change in geometry of the Al_4 configuration. Therefore, we have calculated theoretically chemical shifts, which contain remarkable fingerprints of antiaromaticity. As to future directions, some comments are added in relation to the Shannon entropy.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0121

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