All molecular orbitals articles
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NewsRobert Mulliken’s Nobel prize medal latest to go up for auction
Mulliken won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1966 for developing molecular orbital theory
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OpinionTowards a unified theory of bonding
Explaining trends across the periodic table with the help of node-induced electron confinement
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ResearchVisualising sigma orbitals opens path to new understanding of surface chemistry
Photoemisssion orbital tomography extended beyond pi orbitals
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OpinionIn search of the chemical bond
Philosophy of science can help us discover new ways of understanding whether bonds really exist
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ResearchTiny orbitals paint intuitive picture of large molecules’ reactivity
Frontier molecular orbitalets pinpoint location and energy of reactive bonds in large compounds
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OpinionHow values influence decisions in science
Empirical evidence is not always sufficient to determine the models we use
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ResearchFirst ever peek at excited molecular orbitals in real time
Approach offers future possibility of observing ultrafast electron motion in time and space
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OpinionThe third degree on actinide covalency
The often ignored elements are attracting chemists’ attention again
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ResearchCurious colours expose f-electron covalency effects
New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
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ResearchObserving orbitals solves hydrogen transfer puzzle
Visualising atoms’ wave function lets chemists tell true from indirect hydrogen atom transfer
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ResearchValence bond theory probes fundamental nature of hydrogen bonding
New insight reignites covalent versus electrostatics debate
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ResearchSeaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later
Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
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ResearchDo hydrogen bonds have covalent character?
Scientists wrangle over disagreement between charge transfer measurements
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ResearchBond activation probed using x-ray laser
Observations of the oxygen–ruthenium bond could help improve catalyst design
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News
Observing charge distribution in molecules
Microscopists have mapped the distribution of charge across a single organic molecule for the first time