
Veli Pekka Pyykkö (born 12 October 1941)[1] is a Finnish academic. He was professor of Chemistry at the University of Helsinki.[1] From 2009–2012, 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]
Pyykkö has also studied the relativistic effects present in heavy atoms and their effects in NMR.[5]
Pyykkö model
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]
 
| Pyykkö model | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyykkö-displaced elements are in boldface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 119 Uue  | 
120 Ubn  | 
121 Ubu  | 
122 Ubb  | 
123 Ubt  | 
124 Ubq  | 
125 Ubp  | 
126 Ubh  | 
127 Ubs  | 
128 Ubo  | 
129 Ube  | 
130 Utn  | 
131 Utu  | 
132 Utb  | 
133 Utt  | 
134 Utq  | 
135 Utp  | 
136 Uth  | 
137 Uts  | 
138 Uto  | 
141 Uqu  | 
142 Uqb  | 
143 Uqt  | 
144 Uqq  | 
145 Uqp  | 
146 Uqh  | 
147 Uqs  | 
148 Uqo  | 
149 Uqe  | 
150 Upn  | 
151 Upu  | 
152 Upb  | 
153 Upt  | 
154 Upq  | 
155 Upp  | 
156 Uph  | 
157 Ups  | 
158 Upo  | 
159 Upe  | 
160 Uhn  | 
161 Uhu  | 
162 Uhb  | 
163 Uht  | 
164 Uhq  | 
139 Ute  | 
140 Uqn  | 
169 Uhe  | 
170 Usn  | 
171 Usu  | 
172 Usb  | 
| 9 | 165 Uhp  | 
166 Uhh  | 
167 Uhs  | 
168 Uho  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| s-block | g-block | f-block | d-block | p-block | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The compact version:[6]

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]
References
- 1 2 "Curriculum vitae". chem.helsinki.fi. 2012-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
 - ↑ Roberts, Siobhan (27 August 2019). "Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
 - ↑ Kean, Sam (30 January 2019). "A storied Russian lab is trying to push the periodic table past its limits—and uncover exotic new elements". Science. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
 - ↑ Atsumi, Michiko (2013). "SCCJ Cafe -Season 3-Theoretical Chemistry in Nordic (2)"The Extended Periodic Table − Pyykkö Model"". Journal of Computer Chemistry, Japan. 12 (2): A18–A20. doi:10.2477/jccj.2013-0008.
 - ↑ Vaara, Juha; Pyykkö, Pekka (2003-02-15). "Relativistic, nearly basis-set-limit nuclear magnetic shielding constants of the rare gases He–Rn: A way to absolute nuclear magnetic resonance shielding scales". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 118 (7): 2973–2976. doi:10.1063/1.1545718. ISSN 0021-9606.
 - 1 2 3 Pyykkö, Pekka (2011). "A suggested periodic table up to Z≤ 172, based on Dirac–Fock calculations on atoms and ions". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13 (1): 161–8. Bibcode:2011PCCP...13..161P. doi:10.1039/c0cp01575j. PMID 20967377. S2CID 31590563.
 - ↑ Scientific American June 2013, "Cracks in the Periodic Table". p. 72.