• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1965-1968
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• 2005

Extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel molecular calculations have been used to analyze how the magnitude of exchange coupling is influenced by the structural distortions in a series of dinuclear six-coordinate copper(II) complexes bridged by the planar bis-bidentate oxalate anion. Copper(II) ions have distorted octahedral surroundings, one being axially elongated and the other compressed. The magnetic interaction is strong in the former complexes and very weak in the latter. This is interpreted as resulting from a switching of magnetic spin orbitals due to the structural distortions (bond elongation or compression) of the copper sites.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.609-614
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• 2013

Extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel tight-binding band structure calculations are used to address the chemical bonding and elastic properties of $Zr_2AC$ (A=Al, Si, P, and S). Elastic properties are interpreted by analyzing the density of states and the crystal orbital overlap population for the respective phases. Our results show that the bulk modulus of these ternary compounds is determined by the strength of Zr-A bonds.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.443-447
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• 1989

The mechanism on the oxidative addition reaction of $(TBA)_2\;Pt(CN)_4$ with $Cl_2$ has been studied by means of extended Huckel calculations. Among two possible mechanisms, computational calculations demonstrated that the linear approach of $Cl_2$ to a $Pt(CN)_4$ moiety is more favourable than three-centered transition state. From our calculations, the most stable process is that a $Pt(CN)_4$ moiety interacts with $Cl_2$ in the linear transition state and the cleavage of Cl-Cl bond in a coordinated halogen occurred spontaneously, giving rise to a trans product by back-attacking a $Pt(CN)_4Cl$ moiety by Cl. The process consists of the comparison in the stability of each intermediate with use of bonding and potential energy.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2012

The hydrogenation of $AlB_2$-type BaGaGe exhibits a metal to insulator (MI) transition, inducing a puckering distortion of the original hexagonal [GaGe] layers. We investigate the electronic structure changes associated with the hydrogen-induced MI transition, using extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel tight-binding band calculations. The results indicate that hydrogen incorporation in the precursor BaGaGe is characterized by an antibonding interaction of $\pi$ on GaGe with hydrogen 1s and the second-order mixing of the singly occupied antibonding $\pi^*$ orbital into it, through Ga-H bond formation. As a result, the fully occupied bonding $\pi$ band in BaGaGe changes to a weakly dispersive band with Ge pz (lone pair) character in the hydride, which becomes located just below the Fermi level. The Ga-Ge bonds within a layered polyanion are slightly weakened by hydrogen incorporation. A rationale for this is given.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.2171-2175
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• 2013

The electronic structure and elastic properties of the 4d transition metal carbides MC (M = Y, Zr, Nb, Rh) were studied by means of extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel tight-binding band electronic structure calculations. As the valence electron population of M increases, the bulk modulus of the MC compounds in the rocksalt structure does not increase monotonically. The dominant covalent bonding in these compounds is found to be M-C bonding, which mainly arises from the interaction between M 4d and C 2p orbitals. The bonding characteristics between M and C atoms affecting the variation of the bulk modulus can be understood on the basis of their electronic structure. The increasing bulk modulus from YC to NbC is associated with stronger interactions between M 4d and C 2p orbitals and the successive filling of M 4d-C 2p bonding states. The decreased bulk modulus for RhC is related to the partial occupation of Rh-C antibonding states.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.2369-2376
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• 2007

N2O has been found from experimental and theoretical considerations to bind on-top to the Pd(110) surface in a tilted end-on fashion via its terminal N atom. We use a frontier orbital description of the bonding interactions in the Pd-N2O system to obtain molecular insight into the catalytic mechanism of the activation of N2O by the Pd(110) surface giving rise to the formation of N2 and O on the surface. For the tilted end-on N2O binding mode, the LUMO 3π of N2O has good overlap with the Pd dσ and dπ orbitals which can serve as the electron donors. The donor-acceptor orbital overlap is favorable for electron transfer from Pd to N2O and is expected to dominate the surface reaction pathway of N2O decomposition.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2013

The chemical bonding and elastic properties of $Ti_2AC$ (A = Ga, Tl) have been investigated by means of extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel tight-binding band structure calculations. The bulk modulus of $Ti_2AC$ decreases as Ga is replaced with Tl at the A sites. This can be understood by considering the relative strength of Ti-A bonds resulting from the different atomic size of 3A-group elements. The analysis of the projected density of states (PDOS) and the crystal orbital overlap population (COOP) for the respective phases shows that Ti-Ga bonds in $Ti_2GaC$ are stronger than Ti-Tl bonds in $Ti_2TlC$.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1993년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.134-136
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• 1993

Using the extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel molecular orbital method in connection with the tight binding model, we have studied electronic structure and related properties of superconducting $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$ crystals in which O-atoms in regular sites were selectively replaced with F atoms. The calculations are based on the crystal structure of Y-Ba-Cu-O obtained by Beno et al.. We use atomic coordinates that refer to the unrelaxed Y-Ba-Cu-O system. In analogy to the isomerism problem with molecules, we discuss all possible combinations of F-substitutions in O-sites with one, two, and four F atoms. The calculations are carried out within charged clusters model for the analogues of the YBa-free copperoxide. Our results suggest that the electronic structure of the symmetrically F-substituted or F-added compound is closer to that of the oxygen-deficient superconducting compound than that obtained from unsymmetrical substitution. This applies in particular if O is replaced with in an O(1) site. This suggests that superconductivity is very sensitive to the oxygen content of the $CuO_2$ layers.