Figure 1: The Rundle–Pimentel orbital model for 3c–4e hypervalent complexes. One variant of the Rundle–Pimentel model is the resonance valence bond (VB) model, proposed by Coulson 14. In this model, ...
"SOMETIMES IT SEEMS to me that a bond between two atoms has become so real, so tangible, so friendly, that I can almost see it. Then I awake with a little shock, for a chemical bond is not a real ...
The synthesis of compounds with multiple bonds between main-group elements in the third row or lower of the periodic table has brought much excitement to inorganic and theoretical chemists. But ...