A novel method for the calculation of bond stretching force constants of diatomic molecules

Savaş Kaya*, Cemal Kaya, I. B. Obot, Nazmul Islam

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Abstract

Chemical hardness is one of the chemical reactivity descriptors of chemical species and this concept has widely benefited from the development of Density Functional Theory (DFT). In the present report, chemical hardness values for approximately fifty diatomic molecules have been calculated using a new molecular hardness (ηM) equation derived by us in recent times. Then, correlation between force constant (k) and chemical hardness for the above mentioned diatomic molecules that situate hydrides, halides, oxides and sulfides among them has been investigated. Consequently, a relation that can be presented by a simple equation between chemical hardness with bond stretching force constants has been found.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-107
Number of pages5
JournalSpectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume154
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2016

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Keywords

  • A new molecular hardness equation
  • Bond force constant
  • Bond length
  • Chemical hardness
  • DFT

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Instrumentation
  • Spectroscopy

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