Session: Contemporary Aspects of Chemical Bonding


ORGN		Thursday, September 11, 2003

8:40 AM-12:00 PM Sheraton New York -- Imperial Ballroom A,Oral
Contemporary Aspects of Chemical Bonding

Presiding:	Weston T. Borden
Organizers:	Joel S. Miller Jay S. Siegel
8:40 AM	663	The Natural Bond Orbital paradigm: Some exotic recent additions to the zoo of chemical bond types Frank Weinhold
9:10 AM	664	C-C electronic interaction in 1,2-substituted 1,2-C2B10H10 ortho-carboranes: To bond or not to bond? Josep M. Oliva, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas
9:40 AM	665	Strength of the weak CH bonds in the intermediates in radical polymerizations. Thermodynamics from Cr/C H· transfer rates Jack R. Norton, Lihao Tang, Elizabeth T. Papish, Graham P. Abramo, Mu-Hyun Baik, Richard A. Friesner, Anthony K. Rappé
10:10 AM		Intermission
10:30 AM	666	Formation of boron-boron one-electron sigma bonds James D. Hoefelmeyer, Huadong Wang, Stephane Solé, Marcus Schulte, François P. Gabbaï
11:00 AM	667	From a sigma-bond to a diradical (or diradicaloid) Guy Bertrand
11:30 AM	668	Exceptionally long (>2.9 Å) CC bonding interactions in p-[TCNE]₂^2- dimers: 2 Electron - 4 center cation-mediated CC bonding interactions involving p* electrons Joel S. Miller, Rico E Del Sesto, Juan J. Novoa, Pilar Lafuente

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