A Conversation on New Types of Chemical Bonds. Issue 1 (3rd March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hiberty, Philippe C.; Danovich, D.; Shaik, Sason
• Other Names: Gershoni-Poranne Renana guestEditor.; Keinan Ehud guestEditor.; Kozuch Sebastian guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Israel journal of chemistry. Volume 62:Issue 1/2(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2021-03-03
• Subjects: Valence-bond Theory -- Charge-shift bonding -- Bonding in high-spin metal clusters -- excited states; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000114
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-2148

Abstract

Abstract: This conversation tells a panoramic story on bonding motifs discovered and/pre‐conceptualized by VB theory (VBT). Initially, the essay recounts how the authors discovered charge‐shift bonding (CSB) which enriched the landscape of electron‐pair bonding. This is followed by triplet‐pair bonds (TPB), between pairs of electrons that possess identical spins. And finally, a story is told of new adventures in describing excited states and their bonding. This is also a tale of a wonderful and insightful theory, Valence Bond Theory, which is coming of age. This is all recounted as a conversation between three scientists who participated in this research, and are conversing here in a Socratic‐Talmudic trialogue. Abstract :