Myth and reality in the attitude toward valence-bond (VB) theory: Are its 'failures' real?

Helvetica Chimica Acta

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1063-1084

  Shaik, Sason ^a   Hiberty, Philippe C ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GROUND STATE; IONIZATION;

MOLECULAR-ORBITAL (MO) THEORY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

ALKADIENE; CYCLOBUTADIENE; METHANE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038353424     PISSN: 0018019X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200390094     Document Type: Article

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