Different van der Waals radii for organic and inorganic halogen atoms: A significant improvement in IMOMM performance

Gregori Ujaque; Feliu Maseras; Odile Eisenstein

doi:10.1007/s002140050216

Different van der Waals radii for organic and inorganic halogen atoms: A significant improvement in IMOMM performance

Gregori Ujaque, Feliu Maseras, Odile Eisenstein

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Abstract

The discrepancies between X-ray and integrated molecular orbital molecular mechanics computed geometries for Os(H)2Cl2(PiPr3)2 and Ir(H)2Cl(PtBu2 Ph)2 are explained by the inadequacy of the default molecular mechanics van der Waals radii for halogen elements. A simple procedure is proposed for the calculation of corrected van der Waals radii, and the application of the corrected radius for chloride is shown to improve substantially the results for the systems under test.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-150
Journal	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
Volume	96
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s002140050216
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1997

Keywords

Integrated molecular orbital molecular mechanics
Organic and inorganic halogen atoms
Van der Waals radii

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