Molecular orbital resonance theory: A new approach to the treatment of quantum chemical problems

1983 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav P. Živković
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1100-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Anikin ◽  
A. M. Andreev ◽  
M. B. Kuz’minskii ◽  
A. S. Mendkovich

2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1512-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Koch ◽  
H. Schnöckel

The cation Al2Cp*+ descending from the tetrahedral Al4Cp*4 Cluster after using LDI as ionisation method in an FT-ICR mass spectrometer reacts with Cl2 in the gas phase. The investigation of this reaction together with quantum chemical calculations gives a new approach to the question of existence and stability of an aluminum-aluminum double bond.


1965 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. D. B. Jenkins ◽  
J. B. Pedley

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Jayadas ◽  
K. Prabhakaran Nair

In this paper Spartan 02, a molecular dynamics software, is used to analyze and predict the tribological properties of coconut oil in a qualitative manner on the basis of carbon chain length of the constituent fatty acids, their polarity (net electrostatic charge, Qr), the energies of the molecular orbitals E_HOMO (energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital), and E_LUMO (energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital), and the heats of formations (H-Form) of the iron soaps of respective fatty acids. Tribological properties of the constituent fatty acids of coconut oil were evaluated using a four-ball tester as per ASTM D4172 method. The experimental results showed good correlation to the selected quantum chemical descriptors. The influence of an anti-wear additive on the tribological performance of coconut oil and the optimum additive concentration were also evaluated experimentally.


The resonance theory of organic chemistry is critically examined from a theoretical view­point. It is stressed that this theory is not rigorously founded on the quantum-mechanical valence bond method, but involves additional assumptions which cannot be defended. The practical success of the resonance theory must therefore be explained in some other way. It is here shown that a remarkable correspondence exists between the resonance theory and the molecular orbital method; and it is suggested that the resonance theory owes its success more to this correspondence than to the validity of its own premises.


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