The Physical Basis of the VSEPR Model

Structural Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Gillespie, R J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron density distributions; Laplacian of electron density; VSEPR model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000512976     PISSN: 10400400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022491218892     Document Type: Article

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