Are molecular orbitals delocalized?

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 573-574

  Truhlar, Donald G ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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: 84861541175     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200565h     Document Type: Article

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