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American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1(109), p. 205-212, 2004

DOI: 10.1021/jp046577a

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New Dual Descriptor for Chemical Reactivity

Journal article published in 2005 by Christophe Morell, André Grand, Alejandro Toro-Labbé ORCID
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Abstract

In this paper, a new dual descriptor for nucleophilicity and electrophilicity is introduced. The new index is defined in terms of the variation of hardness with respect to the external potential, and it is written as the difference between nucleophilic and electrophilic Fukui functions, thus being able to characterize both reactive behaviors. It is shown that the new descriptor correctly predicts the site reactivity induced by different donor and acceptor groups in substituted phenyl molecules. Also, the Dunitz-Burgi attack on ketones and aldehydes has been revisited to illustrate the stereoselective capability of this new index. Finally, its predictive ability has been tested successfully on different series of conjugated and nonconjugated carbonyl compounds.