On Characterization of 3D Molecular Structure
On Characterization of 3D Molecular Structure
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DOI:
10.1007/0-306-46907-3_6
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发表时间:
2002
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M. Randic;M. Razinger
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作者:
M. Randic;M. Razinger
One of the central themes in chemistry is the study of structure–property relation-ships. In its early days quantum chemistry was mostly concerned, preoccupied one could say, with questions relating to the nature of the chemical bond. 1 Before the arrival of quantum theory, chemists believed in special “chemical forces” that had short range, directional properties, and exhibited saturation—all three characteristics so different from well-known forces of physics.The first simple calculations of Heitler and London2 on the H2 molecule resulted in the most important conceptual contribution of quantum theory to chemistry: reduction of the special “chemical forces” to Coulomb interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. The emphasis in theoretical chemistry shifted immediately to solving the Schrödinger equation for molecular systems.