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Do you have any knowledge in chemistry? Even the first year students have
to know that

Na atom has a consiguration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1 (so one unpaired electron)
Na+ ion has a configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 (no unpaired electrons) 

So NaCl molecule has a closed shell ground state both experimentally and
conputationally!
 
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On Fri, 9 May 1997, YONG HUANG wrote:

> I guess I didn't make it clear why this is a legitimate question. The reason I 
> ask wheather NaCl is a radical is because a Na atom is closed shell, so Na+ is 
> open shell. Na+Cl- is open shell. If you think NaCl is a Na atom plus a Cl atom
> without electron transfer, then a Cl atom is open shell so NaCl is still open
> shell.
> 
> Yong
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Subject: My mistake


I apologize for my mistake due to my stupidity regarding to the NaCl question.
I came up with the question when I saw a gas-phase equation in a book (maybe 
Dewar's PMO Theory book or some other book): Na+HCl->NaCl+H(sup)+. Obviously 
this is an abbreviation for the reaction where an electron is omitted on the 
right side. I was puzzled by the rule which is often strictly followed in mass
spectrometry that a radical is written as "X(sup)." and a radical cation as
"X(sup)+.". OK. A Na atom is a radical. How come I didn't think of this? Thanks
for enlightenment and for the curtain of the Internet.

Yong

Hi, I'm a student, not a doctor yet.

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Hi Netters, 

	I am running G-92 repeatedly on the same molecule (by changing)
some variables. It happens that from time to time, the program stops and
gives the foillowing message : 

shmget failed.: File exists 
Segmentation fault - core dumped 
@ - Subscript out of range

I wonder if somebody on this list is aware of such a problem (and how to
solve it.)


			Thanks a lot. 




