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Title: Designing compounds with high electron density
Post by: sb on March 21, 2018, 11:51:59 PM

If 'd' is the ratio of the total number of electrons in a compound and the average radius(of all anions and cations, or covalent radii), are there known compounds (inorganic or organic) where d is high?

Are there any rules or analytic techniques to design such compounds that have stable chemistry?

Don't confuse the electron density in the title to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_density (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_density)

Title: Re: Designing compounds with high electron density
Post by: Corribus on March 22, 2018, 08:26:22 AM

It would mostly be determined by the atomic weight of the atoms involved. Most electrons don't participate in bonding.