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Electronegativity: The density functional viewpoint

1978/04/15 by Robert G. Parr, Robert A. Donnelly, Mel Levy +1 · 42 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Chemistry · #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

paper · doi:10.1063/1.436185

Abstract

Precision is given to the concept of electronegativity. It is the negative of the chemical potential (the Lagrange multiplier for the normalization constraint) in the Hohenberg–Kohn density functional theory of the ground state: χ=−μ=−(∂E/∂N)v. Electronegativity is constant throughout an atom or molecule, and constant from orbital to orbital within an atom or molecule. Definitions are given of the concepts of an atom in a molecule and of a valence state of an atom in a molecule, and it is shown how valence-state electronegativity differences drive charge transfers on molecule formation. An equation of Gibbs–Duhem type is given for the change of electronegativity from one situation to another, and some discussion is given of certain relations among energy components discovered by Fraga.

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