The charge stabilization method has often been used before for obtaining energies of temporary anions. Herein, we combine this method for the first time with conceptual density functional theory (DFT) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules by extending it to the study of nuclear Fukui functions, atom-condensed electronic Fukui functions, and bond critical points. This is applied to temporary anions of ethene and chlorinated ethene compounds, which are known to undergo dissociative electron attachment (DEA). It appears that the method is able to detect multiple valence resonance states in the same molecule, namely, a Π and a Σ state. The obtained nuclear and atom-condensed electronic Fukui functions are interpreted as nuclear forces and electron distributions, respectively, and show clear differences between the Π and Σ states. This enables a more profound characterization and understanding of how the DEA process proceeds. The conclusions are in line with findings from earlier publications, proving that the combination of conceptual DFT with the charge stabilization method yields reasonable results at rather low computational cost.
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7 December 2022
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December 02 2022
Conceptual density functional theory for temporary anions stabilized by scaled nuclear charges
Charlotte Titeca
;
Charlotte Titeca
a)
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft)
1
Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven
, Leuven, Belgium
2
Research Group of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
, Brussel, Belgium
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: charlotte.titeca@kuleuven.be
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Frank De Proft
;
Frank De Proft
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
2
Research Group of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
, Brussel, Belgium
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Thomas-C. Jagau
Thomas-C. Jagau
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
1
Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven
, Leuven, Belgium
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: charlotte.titeca@kuleuven.be
J. Chem. Phys. 157, 214106 (2022)
Article history
Received:
September 28 2022
Accepted:
November 03 2022
Citation
Charlotte Titeca, Frank De Proft, Thomas-C. Jagau; Conceptual density functional theory for temporary anions stabilized by scaled nuclear charges. J. Chem. Phys. 7 December 2022; 157 (21): 214106. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0128503
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