Reactivity indices for natural bond orbitals: a new methodology.

J Mol Model

Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain,

Published: April 2015

A new reactivity index has been defined; this parameter is focused on a molecule's natural bond orbitals (NBOs) and derives in a natural way from Fukui functions. NBOs have the advantage of being very localized, allowing the reaction site of an electrophile or nucleophile to be determined within a very precise molecular region. Finally, the indices for a representative set of organic molecules were calculated and their usefulness tested on some protonation reactions.

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