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Aromaticity in metallacyclobutadienes from the perspective of the valence bond theory

Luis Rincón

Luis Rincón

Laboratorio de Química de los metales de transición, Centro de Química, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela

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First published: 15 April 1994
Citations: 3

Abstract

The valence bond method has been implemented for the study of π-electron systems using a semiempirical CNDO-type Hamiltonian. The algorithm used is based on the Clifford algebra realization of the Rumer–Weyl basis presented by Paldus et al. Using this version of the CNDOVB approach, the effect of the metal hybridization in the electronic delocalization of metallacyclobutadienes is discussed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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