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Pekka Pyykkö

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Pekka Pyykkö
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Veli Pekka Pyykkö (born 12 October 1941)[1] is a Finnish academic. He was professor of Chemistry at the University of Helsinki.[1] From 20092012, he was the chairman of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. He is known for his extension to the periodic table of elements,[2][3] known as the Pyykkö model.[4]

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Pekka Pyykkö in 1991

Pyykkö has also studied the relativistic effects present in heavy atoms and their effects in NMR.[5]

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Pyykkö model

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After the 118 elements now known, Pekka Pyykkö predicts that the orbital shells will fill up in this order:

  • 8s,
  • 5g,
  • the first two spaces of 8p,
  • 6f,
  • 7d,
  • 9s,
  • the first two spaces of 9p,
  • the rest of 8p.[6]

He also suggests that period 8 be split into three parts:

  • 8a, containing 8s,
  • 8b, containing the first two elements of 8p,
  • 8c, containing 7d and the rest of 8p.[6]
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The compact version:[6]

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Extended periodic table. P. Pyykkö, PCCP 2011, 13, 161. @RSC. Reprinted with permission.

Pekka Pyykkö correctly predicted the existence of chemical bonds between gold and the noble gas xenon, which is usually inert; this bond is known to occur in the cationic complex tetraxenonogold(II) (AuXe2+
4
). He also correctly predicted the existence of gold–carbon triple bonds.[7]

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