The Role of Hybridization and Resonance in Molecular Structure
- 1 February 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 19 (2) , 246-247
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1748169
Abstract
It is shown that hybridization of the end‐atoms in multiple‐bonded molecules, as well as in single‐bonded ones, is necessary for the understanding of the chemical bond properties. Resonance effects seem to play a minor role, except for conjugated systems.Keywords
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