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Re: [Phys-l] formatting uncertainties



On 01/24/2008 06:54 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

Wait a min; you meant Lewis octets are passé?

Yup.

Incompatible with spectroscopic data (from the mid-1800s onwards)
Incompatible with paramagnetism data (ditto).
Incompatible with quantum mechanics and molecular orbital
theory (1930s onwards).
Incompatible with the way real chemists draw real molecules.
Take a look at
http://images.google.com/images?q=glucose
and observe all the dots. Not.

Constructive counterproposal: easy to use, well founded:
http://www.av8n.com/physics/lewis-o2.htm