A Relation between Bond Force Constants, Bond Orders, Bond Lengths, and the Electronegativities of the Bonded Atoms

1946 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Gordy
1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 3021-3033 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Robinson

For oxygen compounds of chlorine, phosphorus, and silicon, respectively, correlations are established between stretching frequencies and force constants of Cl—O, P—O, and Si—O bonds, and their bond lengths.By deducing bond orders on the assumption that only [Formula: see text]and [Formula: see text] orbitals on the central chlorine, phosphorus, or silicon atom are utilized in the formation of double bonds with lone pairs of electrons on oxygen, linear correlations between bond orders and force constants are established.The present treatment leads to the conclusion that the presence of a maximum of 12 electrons in the valency shells of chlorine, phosphorus, and silicon is required to best explain the bond length and force constant data, when highly electronegative ligands such as oxygen or fluorine are attached to the central silicon, phosphorus, or chlorine atom.


Author(s):  
Ronald W. T. Wilkins

AbstractForce constants for U–O bonds in uranyl compounds are readily calculated from the frequencies of the symmetric and asymmetric stretching vibrations determined from Raman and infrared spectroscopy. U–O bond lengths have been calculated from bond force constants using B


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 2496-2503 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Gillespie ◽  
E. A. Robinson

The assignment of characteristic frequencies for the X—O—X group in compounds containing Si—O—Si, P—O—P, S—O—S, and Cl—O—Cl bonds is discussed with reference to the vibrational spectra of disiloxanes, diphosphoryl, and disulphuryl compounds and dichlorine heptoxide. The stretching force constants of the X—O—X bridging bonds have been obtained by treating the molecules as simple triatomic species X2O• X—O bond orders and bond lengths have been calculated from the stretching force constants and the calculated and observed bond lengths are compared. The variation in the observed X—O—X angles is related to the bond orders and is discussed in terms of the electron-pair repulsion theory. It is shown that bond orders in the isoelectronic series Si2O76−, P2O74−, S2O72−, and Cl2O7 may be simply deduced from the empirical rule that the valency shell of a second-row element tends to be occupied by twelve electrons (the duodecet rule).


1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1485-1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schwendt ◽  
Milan Sýkora

The infrared and Raman spectra of M2[V2O2(O2)4(H2O)]·xH2O and M2[V2O2(O2)4(D2O)]·xD2O (M = N(CH3)4, Cs) were measured. In the region of the vanadium-oxygen stretching vibrations, the spectra were interpreted based on normal coordinate analysis, employing empirical correlations between the bond lengths and force constants.


1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Brown ◽  
EK Nunn

A VESCF molecular-orbital study of the electronic structure of the triiodide anion in its crystalline environment in caesium triiodide and in tetraphenylarsonium triiodide reveals the effect of the lattices upon the electronic structures. The calculated total valence-electron energy as a function of the position of the central iodine nucleus provides an understanding of the observed geometries of the anion in the two crystals. The energy plot also implies that the asymmetric stretch of the triiodide is strongly anharmonic in the crystal. A satisfactory correlation exists between observed iodine : iodine bond lengths and computed bond orders.


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