"Inductive" electronegativity scale: 2. 'Inductive' analog of chemical hardness

On the basis of a previously suggested approach to the calculation of "indu ctive" electronegativities of atoms and groups a simple method of theoretic al estimation of in situ inductive electronegativities is elaborated. The m ethod also allows the determination of inductive local and global chemical hardness parameters on the basis of geometric characteristics of bonded ato ms. This made it possible to provide a new "steric" interpretation for some known chemical rules, such as the principle of maximum hardness. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.