This month's molecule is sulfur dichloride, SCl2. This and other small inorganic molecules are discussed in the article by Matta and Gillespie. They describe electron density in molecules and how to analyze it to obtain information about molecular bonding and structure. Different depictions of electron density in SCl2 and other small molecules emphasize different aspects of their electron density and of the structures of the molecules.
In addition to the static image, two fully
manipulable versions (Jmol, MDLChime)
of these molecules appear below. (The Jmol
versions may take a few extra seconds to load,
based on the speed of your Internet connection.)