What is NBO analysis and how is it useful?

F Weinhold, CR Landis… - International reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis is one of many available options for 'translating'
computational solutions of Schrödinger's wave equation into the familiar language of …

Topological analysis of the metal-metal bond: A tutorial review

C Lepetit, P Fau, K Fajerwerg, ML Kahn… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
This contribution explains how the topological methods of analysis of the electron density
and related functions such as the electron localization function (ELF) and the electron …

Critic2: A program for real-space analysis of quantum chemical interactions in solids

A Otero-de-la-Roza, ER Johnson, V Luaña - Computer Physics …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present critic 2, a program for the analysis of quantum-mechanical atomic and molecular
interactions in periodic solids. This code, a greatly improved version of the previous critic …

Analysis of hydrogen-bond interaction potentials from the electron density: integration of noncovalent interaction regions

J Contreras-García, W Yang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonds are of crucial relevance to many problems in chemistry, biology, and
materials science. The recently developed NCI (noncovalent interactions) index enables …

Toward a consistent interpretation of the QTAIM: tortuous link between chemical bonds, interactions, and bond/line paths

C Foroutan‐Nejad, S Shahbazian… - Chemistry–A European …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, bonding analysis of molecules based on the Quantum Theory of Atoms in
Molecules (QTAIM) is popular; however,“misinterpretations” of the QTAIM analysis are also …

Revitalizing the concept of bond order through delocalization measures in real space

C Outeiral, MA Vincent, ÁM Pendás, PLA Popelier - Chemical science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Ab initio quantum chemistry is an independent source of information supplying an ever
widening group of experimental chemists. However, bridging the gap between these ab …

Critic: a new program for the topological analysis of solid-state electron densities

A Otero-de-la-Roza, MA Blanco, AM Pendás… - Computer Physics …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper we introduce critic, a new program for the topological analysis of the electron
densities of crystalline solids. Two different versions of the code are provided, one adapted …

Information-theoretic approaches to atoms-in-molecules: Hirshfeld family of partitioning schemes

F Heidar-Zadeh, PW Ayers, T Verstraelen… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Many population analysis methods are based on the precept that molecules should be built
from fragments (typically atoms) that maximally resemble the isolated fragment. The …

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 …

[KNJIGA][B] Molecular metal-metal bonds: compounds, synthesis, properties

ST Liddle - 2015 - books.google.com
Systematically covering all the latest developments in the field, this is a comprehensive and
handy introduction to metal-metal bonding. The chapters follow a uniform, coherent structure …