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. 2020 Nov 11;60(3):1498–1502. doi: 10.1002/anie.202010948

Table 4.

NBO and AIM charges (Q(E), E=H, NH3, Na), atomic spin density (ρ s), Wiberg Bond Order (WBONBO), AIM Delocalization Index (DIAIM), Local Spins (⟨S2⟩), EDA Orbital Interaction (ΔE orb in kcal mol−1) and electron density values at the E‐B (3,−1) point (ρ BCP) of BH4 , NH3BH3, and CS and BS NaBH3 at PBE0/AVTZ and CASSCF/AVTZ.[a,b]

BH4

NH3BH3

NaBH3 (CS)

NaBH3 (BS)

PBE0/AVTZ

Q(E)NBO

Q(B)NBO

−0.06

−0.76

+0.37

−0.23

−0.30

−0.45

−0.19

−0.56

Q(E)AIM

Q(B)AIM

−0.67

+1.70

+0.08

+1.84

−0.25

+1.52

−0.17

+1.43

WBONBO

DIAIM

1.00

0.55

0.65

0.34

0.91

0.43

0.52

0.29

ρ s(E)NBO

ρ s(E)AIM

+0.66

+0.61

⟨S2E/⟨S2B

0.42/0.21

ρBCP

0.15

0.11

0.013

0.014

ΔE orb(E. + .B)

−106.3

−263.3

−16.6

−19.2

ΔE orb(E:+B)

−154.2

−75.9

−34.8

−37.4

CASSCF/AVTZ

Q(E)AIM

Q(B)AIM

−0.72

+1.91

+0.08

+2.04

−0.16

+1.61

DIAIM

0.48

0.27

0.23

⟨S2E/⟨S2B

0.02/0.02

0.03/0.03

0.33/0.26

ρ BCP

0.15

0.10

0.015

c 0 [c]

0.98

0.97

0.90

c d [c]

−0.03

−0.05

−0.40

[a] On CCSD(T)/AVTZ structures. [b] See the Supporting Information for details. [c] CI coefficients.