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March 10, 2026Helvetica Chimica ActaOpen Access

How (not) to Cage an Electron: The Perfluoro Cage Effect as an Extrinsic Molecular Property

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ARAndreas RiedmillerMOMike OngJNJohannes Neugebauer

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Investigation demonstrates the complexity of electron affinity in molecular cages, suggesting novel structural insights.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the electronic structure of perfluorocubane and its implications for the perfluoro cage effect.
  • Analyzed the electronic structure of perfluorocubane using various chemical frameworks.
  • Employed Baders Atoms‐in‐Molecules analysis to evaluate non-nuclear attractors.
  • Constructed a quantitative model based on the nodal variational principle.
  • Observed a central confining nodal surface within the spin density of perfluorocubane.
  • Found that a caged electron does not explain electron affinity phenomena effectively.
  • Developed a model capturing the relationship between electron affinity, symmetry, and size of molecular cages.

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Riedmiller et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69af951a70916d39fea4c5b6https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202500179
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