ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Optimized metal-ligand (M-L) bond lengths for 17 classical Werner-type transition-metal complexes were calculated using the local density approximation (LDA) and a gradient-corrected (GC) extension. GCs lengthen the bonds by between 0.02 and 0.09 Å relative to the LDA results. The latter range from 0.02 Å shorter than observed to 0.05 Å longer, while the GC data range from exact agreement with experiment to some 0.12 Å too long. The LDA rms deviation is 0.025 Å compared to the GC error of 0.070 Å. In contrast, data from the literature for organometallic species show that the LDA gives systematically too short M-L distances and GCs lead to a better agreement with experiment. The relative performance of LDA and GC functionals reflects the qualitatively different chemistries of organometallic and Werner-type complexes. The magnitude of the GC bond-length expansion for the latter correlates with the ionicity of the M-L interaction. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
