Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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The energy required to create a charge, q, on an atom can be expressed as<br />
a Taylor series expansion,<br />
UðqÞ ¼E 0 þ w 0 q þ 1<br />
2 Jq2<br />
which has been truncated after the second-order terms. If the Taylor series is<br />
valid for charges of up to 1 e, then, because the ionization potential, IP, is<br />
equal to Uð1Þ Uð0Þ and the electron aff<strong>in</strong>ity, EA, is Uð 1Þ Uð0Þ, the<br />
Taylor series coefficients are<br />
½32Š<br />
w 0 ¼ðIP þ EAÞ=2 ½33Š<br />
J ¼ IP EA ½34Š<br />
Equation [33] is Mulliken’s def<strong>in</strong>ition of electronegativity, 122 so the l<strong>in</strong>ear<br />
coefficient <strong>in</strong> the Taylor series is the electronegativity of the atom. Mulliken’s<br />
def<strong>in</strong>ition is consistent with other electronegativity scales. The second-order<br />
coefficient, 1<br />
2 J, is the ‘‘hardness’’ of the atom, Z.123 For semiconductors, the<br />
hardness is half the band gap, and Z is an important property <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>organic and<br />
acid–base chemistry. 124 Physically, IP EA is the energy required to transfer<br />
an electron from one atom to another atom of the same type,<br />
2AðgÞ !A þ ðgÞþA ðgÞ E ¼ IP EA ½35Š<br />
This energy is always positive (<strong>in</strong> fact, it is positive even if the two atoms are<br />
not the same element), so J 0. Figure 3 shows UðqÞ for chlor<strong>in</strong>e and sodium,<br />
as calculated from the experimental IP and EA. The energies of the ions, w0 ,<br />
and J are all calculated us<strong>in</strong>g the experimental IP and EA. Chlor<strong>in</strong>e is more<br />
electronegative than sodium ðw0 Na ¼ 2:84 eV; w0 Cl ¼ 8:29 eVÞ and also harder<br />
ðJNa ¼ 4:59 eV, JCl ¼ 9:35 eVÞ. This means that both the slope and the second<br />
derivative of UðqÞ are larger for Cl than for Na.<br />
When atoms are brought together to form molecules, the energy of the<br />
charges is described <strong>in</strong> the EE model as<br />
UðqÞ ¼ X<br />
i<br />
Electronegativity Equalization Models 107<br />
E 0 i þ w0 i qi þ 1<br />
2 Jiiq 2 i<br />
X X<br />
þ JijðrijÞqiqj<br />
The vector q represents the set of qi. The second-order coefficient, JijðrijÞ,<br />
depends on the distance between the two atoms i and j, and at large distances<br />
should equal 1=rij. At shorter distances, there may be screen<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>teractions,<br />
just as for the dipole–dipole <strong>in</strong>teractions <strong>in</strong> the earlier section on Polarizable<br />
Po<strong>in</strong>t Dipoles. This screened <strong>in</strong>teraction is typically assumed to arise<br />
i<br />
j > i<br />
½36Š