Charge decomposition analysis of the chemisorption bond

Maite García Hernández, Ariana Beste, Gernot Frenking, Francesc Illas

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Abstract

Charge decomposition analysis (CDA) has been applied to study the interaction of CO and NH3 on several metal surfaces. For NH3 chemisorption, CDA predicts a large donation from the NH3 lone pair to the surface and a vanishing contribution for the backdonation. However, for CO chemisorption, CDA predicts the σ-donation to be larger than the π-backdonation, contrary to other methods. CDA overestimates the extent of the σ-donation because of its large overlap with the metal orbitals compared with the overlap of the π orbitals. The same situation is found in Ni(CO)4. Therefore, the CDA method should only be applied to the investigation trends.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-228
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume320
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Apr 2000
Externally publishedYes

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