In defense of the hybrid atomic orbitals

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 575-577

  Hiberty, Philippe C ^a   Volatron, François ^b   Shaik, Sason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Covalent bonding; First year undergraduate general; Lewis structures; Misconceptions discrepant events; MO theory; Physical chemistry; Quantum chemistry; Upper division undergraduate; Valence bond theory; VSEPR theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861537342     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200615j     Document Type: Article

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