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Valence Bond Theory—Its Birth, Struggles with Molecular Orbital Theory, Its Present State and Future Prospects

This essay describes the successive births of valence bond (VB) theory during 1916–1931. The alternative molecular orbital (MO) theory was born in the late 1920s. The presence of two seemingly different descriptions of molecules by the two theories led to struggles between the main proponents, Linus...

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Published in:Molecules
Main Authors: Shaik, Sason, Danovich, David, Hiberty, Philippe C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001733/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33804038
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061624
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