Disentanglement of Donation and Back‐Donation Effects on Experimental Observables: A Case Study of Gold–Ethyne Complexes

Abstract

A charge‐displacement analysis of gold–ethyne complexes shows the existence of a quantitative relationship between measurable properties and the chemical bond constituents in the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model. Through suitable experiments, these constituents may be disentangled and crucial insight into the nature of coordination bonds may thus be gained