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The first and simplest form of the molecular orbital (MO) theory of conjugated molecules was proposed by Hückel(1–3) in 1931. Because of its simplicity and limited computational effort, this Hückel theory was especially useful in the period before the application of electronic computers to quantum chemical problems (1931-mid 1950s). During this period first Lennard-Jones and Coulson and later Coulson and Longuet-Higgins were able to shape the Hückel theory into a mathematically consistent π-electron theory of unsaturated and aromatic molecules.(4)
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Trinajstić, N. (1977). Hückel Theory and Topology. In: Segal, G.A. (eds) Semiempirical Methods of Electronic Structure Calculation. Modern Theoretical Chemistry, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2556-7_1
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