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In 1963, the chemist W. E. Dasent wrote an article for the Journal of Chemical Education entitled “Non-existent Compounds.” In his opening sentence, he noted that
There exists a large and diverse group of compounds whose structures do not offend the simpler rules of valence, but which nevertheless are characterized by a high degree of instability; in many cases the compounds in question have never been prepared.1
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Ramberg, P.J. (2001). Paper Tools and Fictional Worlds: Prediction, Synthesis and Auxiliary Hypotheses in Chemistry. In: Klein, U. (eds) Tools and Modes of Representation in the Laboratory Sciences. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol 222. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9737-1_5
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