3 papers
physics.chem-ph2006
Are Strong Bronsted Acids Necessarily Strong Lewis Acids?
K. Gupta, D. R. Roy, V. Subramanian +1
The Broensted and Lowry acid base theory is based on the capacity of proton donation or acceptance (in the presence or absence of a solvent) whereas the Lewis acid base theory is b…
physics.atm-clus2006
Synthesis and Structure of 1D Na6 Cluster Chain with Short Na-Na Distance: Organic like Aromaticity in Inorganic Metal Cluster
Snehadrinarayan Khatua, Debesh R. Roy, Pratim K. Chattaraj* +1
A unique 1D chain of sodium cluster containing (Na6) rings stabilized by a molybdenum containing metalloligand has been synthesized and characterized. DFT calculations show strikin…
cond-mat.soft2005
Nucleophilicity/Electrophilicity Excess in Analyzing Molecular Electronics
D. R. Roy, V. Subramanian, P. K. Chattaraj
Intramolecular electron transfer capability of all metal aromatic and anti-aromatic aluminum cluster compounds is studied in terms of density functional theory based global and loc…