A focus on penetration index – a new descriptor of chemical bonding

Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC90191B, Commentary
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Wojciech Grochala
Electron clouds surrounding atoms interpenetrate in a molecule, due to weak van der Waals interactions or formation of a genuine chemical bond. Now, Alvarez and Echeverría have suggested a simple descriptor of how deep this interpenetration is, and called it a penetration index, i.
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