Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 12, 2025

Author Spotlight: Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Electronic Transmutation Concept: Is the Inverse Process Possible? An Evaluation of Main Group Compounds
Rodrigo Báez-Grez1, Osvaldo Yáñez2, Ricardo Pino-Rios3
1Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, República 275, Santiago 8320000, Chile.
Abstract:
The electronic transmutation (ET) concept states that when an element with atomic number Z gains an electron, it transmutes into a Z + 1 element, leading to species that possess similar chemical bonding patterns and geometric structures regarding the original (Z + 1) element. In this work, the opposite concept, that is, the inverse ET, is assessed. For this purpose, several main group compounds have been analyzed in terms of the adaptive natural density partitioning. The obtained results suggest that when an atom Z loses an electron, it transmutes into a Z - 1 atom, acquiring its geometrical structure and bonding pattern.
Related Concept Videos
Nuclear Transmutation
Electron Affinity
Radioactivity and Nuclear Equations
A nuclide of an element has a specific number of protons and...
Properties of Transition Metals
Ionic Bonding and Electron Transfer
Energy Diagrams, Transition States, and Intermediates

