Further analyzing the properties of these states, we probe the connection between charge transfer and bond length. Since charge transfer onto the nitrogen corresponds to the transfer of electrons into the antibonding orbitals of the nitrogen molecule, we can expect that charge gained to correlate with an increase in N 2 bond length. We thus compare the charge gain characteristics of these nitrogen states to the bond length change as we are interested in the pliability of these states towards lithium-assisted N 2 dissociation.