K Macedo Gabriel, Haiduke Roberto L A
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Physics, São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400 - CP 780, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
ACS Omega. 2020 Apr 9;5(15):9041-9045. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01081. eCollection 2020 Apr 21.
The substituent effect on the covalent character of C-H bonds in methane derivatives is evaluated by means of local descriptors based on the topology of the electron density. Halogens, -OH, -SH, =O, =S, -NO, -NH, and -OCH increase the covalent character of the remaining C-H bonds, while alkaline metals (-Li and -Na) result in the opposite trend. This study proposes that the inductive effect is due to polarization changes driven by substituent charges.