Bonding in mercury-alkali molecules: Orbital-driven van der Waals complexes

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 926-942

  Kraka, Elfi ^a   Cremer, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Akali metal amalgams; Bonding; Mercury alkali cations; Mercury alkali diatomics; Relativistic effects; Van der Waals complexes

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; AMALGAM; LITHIUM; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIPOLE; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 46749097859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms9060926     Document Type: Article

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