@article { ISI:000237837500023,
	title = {Molecular geometry from molecular tensegrity: a case study of gas-phase MX2 compounds},
	journal = {Current Science},
	volume = {90},
	number = {9},
	year = {2006},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {1251-1253},
	publisher = {CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN},
	type = {Article},
	address = {C V RAMAN AVENUE, PO BOX 8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA},
	abstract = {<p>We define a tensegrity factor, t(00)(+/-), for X-M-X linkages of gas-phase MXn compounds (X is an atom of an insulating element) that is a measure of the matching of {\textquoteleft}ideal{\textquoteright} 1,2-(single-bonded) M-X distance, d(MX)(00), to the {\textquoteleft}ideal{\textquoteright} (non-bonded) 1,3-X{\textendash}-X distances, d(MX)(00). The actually observed 1,3-distance, d(XX) is given (within 1\% error) by 2CR(X)/F-S, where F-S (= 2-1.41(00)(+/-)) is shown to be an ab initio quantity with no adjustable parameter, no dependence on actual M-X distance or bond order and with 2CR(X) depending only on whether M is an atom of an insulating element (2CR(X) =d(XX)(00)) or whether M is metallic (2CR(X) = 1.1d(XX)(00)). This is illustrated for gas-phase MX2 compounds.</p>},
	keywords = {gas-phase, molecular geometry, MX2 compounds, tensegrity},
	issn = {0011-3891},
	author = {Ganguly, Parthasarathy}
}
