title: Three-Electron Bond Valence-Bond Structures for the Ditetracyanoethylene Dianion.
abstract: Using valence-bond structures of the types Ȧ · Ḃ and A∴B or A-̇B to represent diatomic three-electron bonds, two types of valence-bond structures are constructed for the cyclic 6-electron 4-center bonding unit that is present in the ditetracyanoethylene dianion. These latter valence-bond structures, which are obtained by singlet spin-pairing the antibonding electrons of two three-electron bonds, are examples of increased-valence structures. It is shown that increased-valence structures that use the Ȧ · Ḃ three-electron bond structure, which relate easily to their component Lewis structures, should be preferred to those that involve the A∴B or A-̇B three-electron bond structures. STO-6G weights are reported for the two 6-electron 4-center increased-valence structures for the [C2]2(2-) component of the ditetracyanoethylene dianion.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Harcourt