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Predicting Molecules—More Realism, Please!
Author(s) -
Hoffmann Roald,
Schleyer Paul von Ragué,
Schaefer Henry F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200801206
Subject(s) - realism , term (time) , molecule , computer science , mathematics , epistemology , mathematical economics , statistical physics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
To be or not to be : The terms “viable” and “fleeting,” rather than the imprecise term “stable,” are proposed to describe hypothetical molecules whose existence has been predicted by computational studies. A number of criteria that a molecule described as viable should fulfill are discussed.