Can bader presents the location of lone pairs?

Bader charge density analysis

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unkcpz
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Can bader presents the location of lone pairs?

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Dear all,
I want to know, how can I locate the lone pairs of an atom in crystal by using bader.

For example, O atom in water H2O is sp3 hybridization which contains 2 $\sigma$ bonds and two lone pairs.
Can I use bader to present the location(may be Bader maxima?) and the volume of lone pairs?

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Jason Yu from CAS
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Re: Can bader presents the location of lone pairs?

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I don't think that Bader is the right tool for this. I think that you need something that projects onto natural orbitals.
There is no charge density maxima at the O lone pairs in H2O.
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