Issue 11, 2000

Ab initio studies of the dimers (HgH2)2 and (HgMe2)2. Metallophilic attraction and the van der Waals radii of mercury

Abstract

The title compounds are used to determine, for the first time, the energy of the ‘metallophilic’ attraction between two Hg(II) compounds. The dispersion and electrostatic multipole components to this attraction are analyzed. The present purely theoretical molecular data suggest a mercury(II) van der Waals radius of 175(7) pm.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Feb 2000
Accepted
03 Apr 2000
First published
12 May 2000

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000,2, 2489-2493

Ab initio studies of the dimers (HgH2)2 and (HgMe2)2. Metallophilic attraction and the van der Waals radii of mercury

P. Pyykkö and M. Straka, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000, 2, 2489 DOI: 10.1039/B001171L

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