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d Electrons and Molecular Bonding

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Available evidence now makes it possible to speculate with more certainty on the extent of participation of d orbitals in molecular bonding.

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COULSON, C. d Electrons and Molecular Bonding. Nature 221, 1106–1110 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211106a0

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