Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-07-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
23 pages, 1 figure and 1 table of content
Scientific paper
Local reactivity descriptors such as the condensed local softness and Fukui function have been employed to investigate the inter-cluster reactivity of the metallo-aromatic (Al4Li- and Al4Na-) and anti-aromatic (Al4Li4 and Al4Na4) compounds. We use the concept of group softness and group Fukui function to study the strength of the nucleophilicity of the Al4 unit in these compounds. Our analysis shows that the trend of nucleophilicity of the Al4 unit in the above clusters is as follows; Al4Li- > Al4Na- > Al4Li4 > Al4Na 4 For the first time we have used the reactivity descriptors to show that these clusters can act as electron donating systems and thus can be used as a molecular cathode.
Kanhere Dilip. G.
Kar Rahul
Pal Sourav
Shetty Sharan
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