STRUCTURE OF H-MOLECULAR COMPLEXES: INFLUENCE OF THE NODAL SURFACES IN ELECTRON DONOR AND ACCEPTOR MOLECULES
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1970
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Ohio State University
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In a recent paper on the Symmetry Classification and Selection Rules for Some Electron Donor-acceptor (DA) Complexes (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 92 (June, 1970)), examples of structure and spectra of some $\pi$-molecular complexes are discussed in view of point group requirements ($C_{2}$, $C_{2v}$, etc.) An extension of this approach to the structure of $\pi$-molecular complexes will be presented where all the $\pi$-nodal planes of the $D^{+}$, and $A^{-}$ radical-ions are considered and not just the nodal planes that happen to coincide with symmetry planes of the molecule. This allows for a more descriptive and more inclusive study of DA complexes and suggests a path by which the structure of biologically significant molecular complexes might be approached.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University