HYBRID ATOMIC ORBITALS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. PART 1: CRITIQUE OF FORMAL ASPECTS

The importance of hybrid atomic orbitals, both historically and mathematically, is reviewed. Our new analysis of the original derivation of the sp3, sp2, sp model reveals serious errors. Based on a critical survey of the literature, we submit six formal criteria that deprecate the use of hybrid orbi...

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Published in:	Química Nova
Main Authors:	Guy Lamoureux, John F. Ogilvie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Química
Subjects:	chemical education undergraduate Organic Chemistry misconceptions hybrid orbitals
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422019004700812&lng=en&tlng=en