Applications of Topological Methods in Molecular Chemistry

Part I. Topological Methods : Definition, State of the Art and Prospects.-1. On quantumchemical topology.- 2. Localization-Delocalizationand Electron Density-Weighted Connectivity Matrices: A Bridge Between theQuantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules and Chemical Graph Theory.- 3. Extending the Topological Analysis and Seekingthe Real-Space Subsystems: The Case of Non-Coulombic Systems with Homogenous PotentialEnergy Functions.- 4. Exploring ChemistryThrough the Source Function for the Electron and Spin Densities.- 5. Emergent Scalar and Vector Fields in QuantumChemical Topology.- 6. Topologyof Quantum Mechanical Current Density VectorFields Induced in a Molecule by Static Magnetic Perturbations.- 7.Topological Analysis of the FukuiFunction.- 8. Topological Tools for the Study of Families of Reaction Mechanisms: theFundamental Groups of Potential Surfaces in the Universal Molecule Context.- 9.Quantum Chemical TopologyApproach for Dissecting Chemical Structure and Reactivity.- Part II. Topological Methods for the Characterization of pi-Electron Delocalizationand Aromaticity.- 10. Paradise Lost - pi-Electron Conjugation in Homologs andDerivatives of Perylene.- 11. Rulesof Aromaticity.- 12. Localized Structuresat the Hückel Level, a Hückel-Derived Valence Bond Method.- 13. Magnetic Properties of Conjugated Hydrocarbonsfrom Topological Hamiltonians.- Part III. Topological Methods for the Characterization of Weak Bonding Interactions.-14. What Can be Learnt from a Location of Bond Pathsand from Electron Density Distribution?.- 15. Following Halogen Bonds Formation with Bader'sAtoms-in-Molecules Theory.- 16. Charge Transfer in Beryllium Bonds andCooperativity of Beryllium and Halogen Bonds.- 17. A Complete NCI Perspective: From New Bonds toReactivity.- 18. Diversity ofthe Nature of the Nitrogen-Oxygen Bond in Inorganic and Organic Nitrites in theLight of Topological Analysis of Electron Localisation Function (ELF).- 19.Quantum

Prof. Dr.Remi CHAUVIN

- Professor at the University Paul Sabatier (UPS, Toulouse 3).
- 133 publications (including 5 proceedings and flash infos) - 4 book chapters. - 4 patents.
- AERES ranking of the research group at LCC (march 2010): A+.