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We present a non-specialist overview of the survival in chemistry of valence bond theory and of its re-emergence, in ‘modern’ form, as a powerful technique for visualizing and interpreting molecular electronic structure.
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Cooper, D.L. (1999). Visual Representations and Interpretations of Molecular Electronic Structure: The Survival and Re-emergence of Valence Bond Theory. In: Paton, R., Neilson, I. (eds) Visual Representations and Interpretations. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0563-3_13
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