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One Molecule, Two Atoms, Three Views, Four Bonds?
Author(s) -
Shaik Sason,
Rzepa Henry S.,
Hoffmann Roald
Publication year - 2013
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.201208206
Subject(s) - homonuclear molecule , diatomic molecule , molecule , excited state , atomic physics , chemistry , theoretical physics , physics , quantum mechanics
What could be simpler than C 2 , a diatomic molecule that has the second strongest homonuclear bond? This molecule turns out to be a microcosm of the bonding issues that bother chemists, as is shown in this trialogue. Join the three authors in their lively debate, light a candle, as Faraday did, and see the excited states of C 2 !