Carboxylic acid dianions (fumarate, maleate and succinate) play a role in coordination chemistry and to some extent also in the biochemistry of body cells. A team has now analyzed their electronic ...

Electron orbitals show where and how electrons move around atomic nuclei and molecules. In modern chemistry and physics, they have proven to be a useful model for quantum mechanical description and ...

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The properties of equivalent orbitals, as defined in previous parts, are examined in more detail. It is shown that the character of an equivalent set can be deduced knowing the symmetry group of a ...