mTo elucidate the physical origin of relativistic changes of molecular properties, exact theorems, perturbation theory, and Hartree-Fock-Slater-Pauli calculations are exploited. The relativistic molecular virial theorem offers insight into the relativistic and nonrelativistic, kinetic, and potential energy contributions to the bond energy. In general, there exist two contributions to the relativistic correction of a molecular property: the relativistic change at the nonrelativistic equilibrium geometry and the change of the nonrelativistic property due to the relativistic change of the equilibrium geometry. Sometimes the first and sometimes the second contribution is the dominant one. Accurate numerical results for Hl-like systems are obtained using direct relativistic double perturbation theory. In some cases, near-degenerate perturbation theory is mandatory. Relativistic changes of chemical bond energies are often proportional to the density change in the K-shell when the bond is formed. Relativistic corrections to many properties (and also to the 1 s2-correlation energy) are often proportional to Z2a2. 0 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. so-called relativistic corrections are well defined in 1 . Introduction theory, although nonobservable quantities. Since the common thinking is nonrelativistic, and since While the world of chemical perception is claswe have much experience with classical and nonsical, the underlying world of microscopic matter relativistic theories, the relativistic corrections-as is a relativistic quantum world. Nonrelativistic differences between common understanding and theories of massive charged particles with spin microscopic reality-deserve theoretical under-(see, e.g., [ 11) are well developed. Accordingly, the standing. Relativity, indeed, plays a very signifi-
About 60 molecular species composed of up to 10 mercury atoms and of oxygen atoms and/or of some other elements or groups (such as halogen, OH2, OH, H, alkali, NO3) have been investigated quantum chemically. Different density functional approaches and the ab initio SCF‐MP2 method were applied, comparing different basis sets and different atomic core sizes. It is important not to treat the Hg 5s, p, d as inactive core shells, and to use sufficiently many polarization functions. The shape of the 〉O‐Hg‐Hg‐O〈 units is not favorable concerning the formation of lattices composed of HgI, O and OH only. Despite its bulkiness, the OHgHgO units can easily come into contact with each other and then disproportionate. This is prevented in the so‐called ternary M‐HgI oxides by the embedded oxometallate (oxoacidic) anions. Furthermore, the HgI and HgII oxide bond energies are less favorable towards the stability of HgI oxo compounds, as compared to Hg halidic or oxoacidic compounds. Both points are not promising concerning the search for HgI oxides/hydroxides, although the preparation of such compounds, including spacer groups, by topochemical reactions can still not be excluded. So far, experimental efforts towards the synthesis of such a new class of compounds have only demonstrated that HgII is strictly preferred over HgI in the formation of solids of binary Hg‐O or ternary A‐Hg‐O composition (A = electropositive metal such as alkali, in contrast to M = transition or semi‐metal). This is so even if compounds containing ‘electron rich Hgδ— atoms’ (i.e. A‐Hg amalgams) are oxidized under mild conditions.
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