A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding
The influence of Linus Pauling on the understanding of chemical bonding is critically examined. Pauling deserves credit for presenting a connection between the quantum theoretical description of chemical bonding and Gilbert Lewis’s classical bonding model of localized electron pair bonds for a wide...
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| description | The influence of Linus Pauling on the understanding of chemical bonding is critically examined. Pauling deserves credit for presenting a connection between the quantum theoretical description of chemical bonding and Gilbert Lewis’s classical bonding model of localized electron pair bonds for a wide range of chemistry. Using the concept of resonance that he introduced, he was able to present a consistent description of chemical bonding for molecules, metals, and ionic crystals which was used by many chemists and subsequently found its way into chemistry textbooks. However, his one-sided restriction to the valence bond method and his rejection of the molecular orbital approach hindered further development of chemical bonding theory for a while and his close association of the heuristic Lewis binding model with the quantum chemical VB approach led to misleading ideas until today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea86b8c47cf4b44abbd51c6c4d38b0d2023-11-22T06:01:57ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492021-08-012615469510.3390/molecules26154695A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical BondingSudip Pan0Gernot Frenking1Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, ChinaJiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, ChinaThe influence of Linus Pauling on the understanding of chemical bonding is critically examined. Pauling deserves credit for presenting a connection between the quantum theoretical description of chemical bonding and Gilbert Lewis’s classical bonding model of localized electron pair bonds for a wide range of chemistry. Using the concept of resonance that he introduced, he was able to present a consistent description of chemical bonding for molecules, metals, and ionic crystals which was used by many chemists and subsequently found its way into chemistry textbooks. However, his one-sided restriction to the valence bond method and his rejection of the molecular orbital approach hindered further development of chemical bonding theory for a while and his close association of the heuristic Lewis binding model with the quantum chemical VB approach led to misleading ideas until today.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/15/4695chemical bondvalence bond theoryresonancemolecular orbital theoryLewis electron-pair model |
| spellingShingle | Sudip Pan Gernot Frenking A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding Molecules chemical bond valence bond theory resonance molecular orbital theory Lewis electron-pair model |
| title | A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding |
| title_full | A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding |
| title_fullStr | A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding |
| title_short | A Critical Look at Linus Pauling’s Influence on the Understanding of Chemical Bonding |
| title_sort | critical look at linus pauling s influence on the understanding of chemical bonding |
| topic | chemical bond valence bond theory resonance molecular orbital theory Lewis electron-pair model |
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