lithide

English

Noun

lithide (plural lithides)

1. (chemistry) A hypothetical alkalide with lithium as the anion.
   • 1981, Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, page 93:

     The measured stabilities of the group IVa-lithides are compared with values calculated according to Pauling's rule: D(A-B) - 1/2[D(A-A) + D(B-B)] + 23(x_A-x_B)² kcal/mol in Table III.

   • 1997, Daniel B. Lawson, The Quadrupole Moments of the First and Second Row Homonuclear Diatomics and the Spectroscopic Properties of Metal Lithides, page 252:

     Summarized in Figure 12 are the ground-state potential curves for these lithides.

   • 2012, Glen E. Rodgers, Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid State Chemistry, Cengage Learning, page 346:

     Lithides containing a lithium anion are unknown.

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