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The concept of electronegativity. The current state of the problem

Artem Rafaelovich Cherkasov 1
Artem Rafaelovich Cherkasov
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Vladimir Ivanovich Galkin 1
Vladimir Ivanovich Galkin
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Ekaterina Mikhailovna Zueva 1
Ekaterina Mikhailovna Zueva
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Rafael Askhatovich Cherkasov 1
Rafael Askhatovich Cherkasov
1 Kazan State University
10.1070/RC1998v067n05ABEH000383
Published 30 November 1997
Communication , Volume 67, Issue 5, 375-392
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DO - 10.1070/RC1998v067n05ABEH000383
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AU - Cherkasov, Artem Rafaelovich
AU - Galkin, Vladimir Ivanovich
AU - Zueva, Ekaterina Mikhailovna
AU - Cherkasov, Rafael Askhatovich
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@article{1998_Cherkasov,
author = {Artem Rafaelovich Cherkasov and Vladimir Ivanovich Galkin and Ekaterina Mikhailovna Zueva and Rafael Askhatovich Cherkasov},
title = {The concept of electronegativity. The current state of the problem},
journal = {Russian Chemical Reviews},
year = {1998},
volume = {67},
publisher = {ANO Editorial Board of the journal Uspekhi Khimii},
month = {Nov},
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Cherkasov, Artem Rafaelovich, et al. “The concept of electronegativity. The current state of the problem.” Russian Chemical Reviews, vol. 67, no. 5, Nov. 1998, pp. 375-392. https://rcr.colab.ws/publications/10.1070/RC1998v067n05ABEH000383.
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Abstract

A systematic account is given of the current ideas about atomic and group electronegativities and the trends in the development of the concept of electronegativity are analysed. Attention is concentrated on the latest approaches to the definition of electronegativity — the concept of 'orbital' electronegativities and the density functional theory. A procedure is proposed for the determination of 'inductive' electronegativities, which permits a correct theoretical calculation of the electronegativity of a substituent from the electronegativities of individual atoms and the steric structure. It is shown that the approach developed has a series of important advantages — for example, it makes it possible to calculate the group electronegativities of isomeric substituents avoiding the principle of the equalisation of electronegativities. A survey of literature data and generalisation of the method proposed by the authors have made it possible to formulate the concept of electronegativity as an unchanging fundamental immanent characteristic of a chemical element. The bibliography includes 222 references.

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