What is the covalency of hydrogen bonding?

SJ Grabowski - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding is an important interaction playing a key role in chemical, physical, and
biochemical processes. 1-4 One can mention numerous examples such as the role of …

Computational tools for the electron localization function topological analysis

S Noury, X Krokidis, F Fuster, B Silvi - Computers & chemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
The algorithms used to generate three-dimensional grids of the electron localization function
ELF, to assign the data points to basins and to perform the integration of the one-electron …

Unraveling reaction mechanisms by means of quantum chemical topology analysis

J Andrés, P González‐Navarrete… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A chemical reaction can be understood in terms of geometrical changes of the molecular
structures and reordering of the electronic densities involved in the process; therefore …

The synaptic order: a key concept to understand multicenter bonding

B Silvi - Journal of molecular structure, 2002 - Elsevier
The concept of multicenter bond is paradoxically counter intuitive in chemistry because most
of chemistry and molecular physics is thought in terms of two body interactions. Moreover …

Does the topological approach characterize the hydrogen bond?

F Fuster, B Silvi - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2000 - Springer
The topological analysis of the electron localization function has been applied to complexes
representative of the weak, medium and strong hydrogen bond. For both the weak and the …

Understanding and using the electron localization function

P Fuentealba, E Chamorro, JC Santos - Theoretical and computational …, 2007 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Electron localization function (ELF) helps in understanding the empirical
concept of electron localization, specially the pair electron localization in the spirit of Lewis …

Topological analysis of the electron localization function (ELF) applied to the electrophilic aromatic substitution

F Fuster, A Sevin, B Silvi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000 - ACS Publications
The topological analysis of the electron localization function ELF provides a partition of the
molecular space into basins of attractors which have a clear chemical signification. The …

Transport and spectroscopy of the hydrated proton: a molecular dynamics study

R Vuilleumier, D Borgis - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
The precise molecular nature of the hydrated proton, and its spectroscopic signatures, has
been a subject of heated discussions for many years. 1–3 The proton transport properties …

Understanding reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry from catastrophe theory applied to the electron localization function topology

V Polo, J Andres, S Berski, LR Domingo… - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Thomʼs catastrophe theory applied to the evolution of the topology of the electron
localization function (ELF) gradient field constitutes a way to rationalize the reorganization of …

Uncovering Triradicaloid Structures in S1 Benzene Photochemistry**

C Guerra, L Ayarde‐Henríquez, E Chamorro… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical evidence concerning the multiradicaloid character in benzene photochemistry is
reported based on a topological analysis of the correlated electron localization function. The …