Hoffmann Roald, Shaik Sason, Hiberty Philippe C
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA.
Acc Chem Res. 2003 Oct;36(10):750-6. doi: 10.1021/ar030162a.
Quantum mechanics has provided chemistry with two general theories, valence bond (VB) theory and molecular orbital (MO) theory. The two theories were developed at about the same time, but quickly diverged into rival schools that have competed, sometimes fervently, on charting the mental map and epistemology of chemistry. Three practitioners of MO and VB theory talk - fighting a little, trying to understand - of the past and present of these two approaches to describing bonding in molecules.
量子力学为化学提供了两种通用理论，价键（VB）理论和分子轨道（MO）理论。这两种理论大约在同一时间发展起来，但很快就分化为相互竞争的学派，它们有时激烈地竞争，试图描绘化学的思维地图和认识论。三位分子轨道理论和价键理论的从业者谈论了这两种描述分子键合方法的过去和现在——有点争论，也试图相互理解。
