Abstract
B3LYP/6-31+g (d, p) method was used to calculate the lithium and sodium affinities of n-alkyl fluoride. These affinities were found to obey the Holmes relationship, i.e. they correlate linearly with the quotient n/(n+1), where n is the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain. From the correlation the limiting values of lithium and sodium affinities for very long alkyl chain were predicted to be -153.3 kJ/mol and -108.4 kJ/mol, respectively.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-44 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chinese Chemical Letters |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 2002 |
Keywords
- C-F...metal interaction
- Density functional theory
- Ion attachment
- Lithium affinity
- Sodium affinity