Correction to: Journal of Molecular Modeling (2022) 28: 274

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-022-05187-8

We are sorry that in our recent publication “The roles of charge transfer and polarization in non-covalent interactions: a perspective from ab initio valence bond methods” (Journal of Molecular Modeling (2022) 28: 274), “graphane” is misspelled as “graphene” in multiple places due to the autocorrection function of MS-WORD. We would like to make a following erratum:

Page 1, in Abstract: last sentence “in alkane dimers and graphene sheets” should be “in alkane dimers and graphane sheets.”

Page 12, the following paragraph

Valence bond studies of C-H∙∙∙H-C interactions in graphene sheets

To elucidate the “dispersion” interaction in larger molecules, we studied the binding mechanisms in sheets of graphenes. As shown in Scheme 6, graphene is a sheet of fused cyclohexanes that derives by saturating graphene. Thus, two graphene sheets interact via the already familiar C-H∙∙∙H-C dispersion interactions. Since there are many such interactions, the total interaction energy is large, and reaching more than 50 kcal mol − 1 for [73] graphene [127].”

should be:

Valence bond studies of C-H∙∙∙H-C interactions in graphene sheets

To elucidate the “dispersion” interaction in larger molecules, we studied the binding mechanisms in sheets of graphanes. As shown in Scheme 6, graphane is a sheet of fused cyclohexanes that derives by saturating graphene. Thus, two graphane sheets interact via the already familiar C-H∙∙∙H-C dispersion interactions. Since there are many such interactions, the total interaction energy is large, and reaching more than 50 kcal mol − 1 for [73] graphane [127].”

Also note that [73] above does not refer to a reference but the size of graphane. In the same page, “Scheme 6. Two sheets of graphenes interacting via C-H∙∙∙H-C interactions” should be “Scheme 6. Two sheets of graphanes interacting via C-H∙∙∙H-C interactions.”

Page 13, all three “graphene” should be “graphane.” Again, [73] does not refer to a reference but the size of graphene.

The original article has been corrected.