ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Steric hindrance has been regarded as a result of nonbonding atomic repulsion and measured in terms of empirically obtained van der Waals radii. The authors sought the cause of steric hindrance using the partial derivatives of the energy-components with respect to a nuclear coordinate. The results show that electrostatic interactions do not produce steric hindrance but the restriction on electron-movement does. Namely, the kinetic energy pressure is the first cause of steric hindrance. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560500204
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