Study on Covalent Bonding of 4f Orbital and Ligand

Abstract A new parameter b characterizing covalent behaviour of 4f orbit has been developed on the basis of spectral properties of trivalent lanthanides and used to tested the interaction between 4f electrons and ligands for many of the lanthanides compounds. The factors influencing covalent bonding and changing law of covalency have been discussed by the new parameter.