Natural bond orbital analysis: A critical overview of relationships to alternative bonding perspectives

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 2363-2379

  Weinhold, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical bonding interactions; molecular orbital theory; NBO theory; QTAIM theory; valence bond theory

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY; NBO THEORY; QTAIM THEORY; VALENCE BOND THEORY;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORBITS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84867581417     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: 1096987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23060     Document Type: Review

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