Charge Distributions and Chemical Effects. VIII. Ionization Potentials of Normal and Branched Alkanes
The comparison of adiabatic ionization potentials of normal and branched alkanes with carbon net charges indicates a lowering of the i.p.'s with increasing electron population of the electron-richest pair of bonded C—C atoms in the molecules. In terms of "inductive charges", it is found that n = −4.4083, i.e., precisely the same ordering of charges previously determined from l3C n.m.r. shifts. The relative C charges can thus be calculated from 13C chemical shifts and used in the equation [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] one half the sum of charge on the pair of electron-richest bonded C atoms, to give i.p.'s with a standard error of 0.044 eV. The relevance of these charges with respect to carbon 1s binding energies is discussed.