The refinement of high resolution x-ray data by the multipolar model, introduced by N. K. Hansen and P. Coppens, even allows the description of the charge asphericities in molecules, caused by chemical bond formation . Based on this model, the accurate experimental electron densities of crystalline tetrasulfur tetranitride, S4N4, and the dmpe addukt of ethyltitanium trichloride, [EtTiCl3(dmpe)] (dmpe=Me2PCH2CH2PMe2), were determined by X-ray diffraction and interpreted in terms of R. F. W. Baders quantum theory atoms in molecules". The topological analysis of the experimental and theoretical charge densities in S4N4 demonstrates features of the intramolecular bonding; intermolecular charge concentrations indicate directional key-lock" interactions corresponding to molecular recognition in the solid state. Topological analysis of the charge densities in [EtTiCl3(dmpe)] suggests the presence of a (3,-1) bond critical point between titanium and the b-agostic hydrogen atom; the characteristic curvature in the Ti-Ca bond is proposed as a more general criterion for identifying a b-agostic interaction.
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The refinement of high resolution x-ray data by the multipolar model, introduced by N. K. Hansen and P. Coppens, even allows the description of the charge asphericities in molecules, caused by chemical bond formation . Based on this model, the accurate experimental electron densities of crystalline tetrasulfur tetranitride, S4N4, and the dmpe addukt of ethyltitanium trichloride, [EtTiCl3(dmpe)] (dmpe=Me2PCH2CH2PMe2), were determined by X-ray diffraction and interpreted in terms of R. F. W. Bader...
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