Response to the Comment by J. Grunenberg on "the Nature of the Fourth Bond in the Ground State of C2: The Quadruple Bond Conundrum′′

Sason Shaik*, David Danovich, Philippe C. Hiberty

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Abstract

The quadruple bond structure in C2 emerges from solid quantum-chemical calculations and won′t go away! There is no mystery in the rather small bond dissociation energy, and this cannot constitute the reason to reconsider the whole concept of quadruple bonding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17127-17128
Number of pages2
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume21
Issue number47
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2015

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Keywords

  • bond order
  • bonding
  • C
  • force constants
  • valence bond

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