Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2009, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 47-54.

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How the Nature of the Chemical Bond was Revealed?

XIANG Yi-he   

  1. Professor, Physics Department of Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2008-05-27 Revised:2008-05-27 Online:2009-02-20 Published:2009-02-20

Abstract: The Origin and Forming of Pauling's Valence Bond Theory is introduced :Lewis's
Electron Theory of the Chemical Bond ; Heisenberg's Quantum Resonance Concept; Heitler and London' Approximate Treatment of the Structure of the Hydrogen Molecule;The Valence Bond Theory was perfected;The Properties of the Electron-Pair Bond was proposed;The Problem of the Tetrahedra Configuration of Carbon Atom was resolved;Theory of Hybrid Bond Orbitals was Established.

Key words: valence bond theory, quantum resonance, electron pair bond, tetrahedra configuration, hybrid bond orbitals