The whole story of the two-electron bond, with the δ bond as a paradigm

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 483-490

  Cotton, F Albert ^a   Nocera, Daniel G ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; RHENIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRON; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLYBDENUM; RHENIUM;

EID: 0033929131     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980116o     Document Type: Article

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