TY - JOUR
T1 - A Conversation on VB vs MO Theory
T2 - A Never-Ending Rivalry?
AU - Hoffmann, Roald
AU - Shaik, Sason
AU - Hiberty, Philippe C.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - Quantum mechanics has provided chemistry with two general theories, valence bond (VB) theory and molecular orbital (MO) theory. The two theories were developed at about the same time, but quickly diverged into rival schools that have competed, sometimes fervently, on charting the mental map and epistemology of chemistry. Three practitioners of MO and VB theory talk -fighting a little, trying to understand - of the past and present of these two approaches to describing bonding in molecules.
AB - Quantum mechanics has provided chemistry with two general theories, valence bond (VB) theory and molecular orbital (MO) theory. The two theories were developed at about the same time, but quickly diverged into rival schools that have competed, sometimes fervently, on charting the mental map and epistemology of chemistry. Three practitioners of MO and VB theory talk -fighting a little, trying to understand - of the past and present of these two approaches to describing bonding in molecules.
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U2 - 10.1021/ar030162a
DO - 10.1021/ar030162a
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C2 - 14567708
AN - SCOPUS:0142213302
SN - 0001-4842
VL - 36
SP - 750
EP - 756
JO - Accounts of Chemical Research
JF - Accounts of Chemical Research
IS - 10
ER -