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The main reason for the “bad reputation” of the VB method among organic chemists whose theoretical interests were first aroused by the success of the Woodward-Hoffmann rules is the fact that the HL version of VB theory does not expose in any simple manner the origin of aromaticity and antiaromaticity.
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Epiotis, N.D., Larson, J.R., Eaton, H.L. (1982). Diagrammatic Matrix Elements. In: Unified Valence Bond Theory of Electronic Structure. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93213-7_7
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