Hyperconjugative Effect on the Electronic Wavefunctions of Ethanol
Chemical Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Abstract
Hyperconjugation is a basic conception of chemistry. Its straightforward effect is exhibited by the spatial delocalization characteristics of the electron density distributions or wavefunctions. Such effects on the electron wavefunctions of the highest-occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) of two ethanol conformers are demonstrated with electron momentum spectroscopy together with natural bond orbital analyses, exhibiting the distinctly different symmetries of the HOMO wavefunctions in momentum space.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0808.4072,
title = {Hyperconjugative Effect on the Electronic Wavefunctions of Ethanol},
author = {Xiangjun Chen and Fang Wu and Mi Yan and Hai-Bei Li and Shan Xi Tian* and Xu Shan and Kedong Wang and Zhongjun Li and Kezun Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.4072},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 Figures, 1 Scheme. Submitted