A Conversation on VB vs MO Theory: A Never-Ending Rivalry?

Roald Hoffmann; Sason Shaik; Philippe C. Hiberty

doi:10.1021/ar030162a

A Conversation on VB vs MO Theory: A Never-Ending Rivalry?

Roald Hoffmann^*
, Sason Shaik
, Philippe C. Hiberty

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Chemistry

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	750-756
Number of pages	7
Journal	Accounts of Chemical Research
Volume	36
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ar030162a
State	Published - Oct 2003

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