Ab initio total energy calculations based on density functional theory and the generalized gradient approximation in conjunction with a constant pressure minimization algorithm have been used to demonstrate that the pressure-induced phase transition from a rhombohedrally distorted into an ideal cubic structure of involves a change in the stereochemical activity of the lone electron pair from “active” to “inert.”
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