ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL BONDING IN EsO 2

The density of states of valence electrons of the EsO 2 dioxide is calculated by the relativistic discrete variational method. The scheme of valence molecular orbitals (MOs) is constructed taking into account the photoelectric effect cross sections of valence electrons. The histogram of X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) is built for the electron binding energies from 0 eV to ~40 eV. It is shown that the structure of this spectrum contains contributions of outer valence orbitals (OVMOs, from 0 eV to ~15 eV) and inner valence orbitals (IVMOs, from ~15 eV to ~50 eV) molecular orbitals. It is established that Es 5 f and Es 6 p electrons participate in the chemical bonding. It is established that not only Es 6 d , but also Es 6 p and Es 5 f orbitals overlap significantly with ligand orbitals, resulting in a highly covalent chemical bonding in this dioxide. The nature of chemical bonding and the structure of the XPS spectrum of valence electrons in EsO 2 is clarified using the scheme of MOs. It is shown that the chemical bonding formed by OVMO electrons is weaken by one third due to IVMO electrons.