Borissova Alexandra O, Korlyukov Alexander A, Antipin Mikhail Yu, Lyssenko Konstantin A
J Phys Chem A. 2008 Nov 20;112(46):11519-22. doi: 10.1021/jp807258d. Epub 2008 Oct 29.
The high-resolution X-ray diffraction analysis and plane-wave density functional theory were applied to the investigation of charge density distribution in the donor-acceptor complex of AuCl with PPh3. The approach allows us to estimate the atomic charges, the charge transfer, the energy of weak interactions (Au...H, Au...C, H...Cl, etc.), and Au-P bond energy directly from the experimental data.