Chemist no. 56 of 350 · Theoretical/Quantum
Roald Hoffmann
1937-Poland/United StatesNobel Chemistry 1981
Woodward-Hoffmann rules; orbital symmetry
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The Isolobal Analogy: How Roald Hoffmann Linked Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Understand Roald Hoffmann's isolobal analogy and extended Hückel method: how CH3, CH2 and CH relate to Mn(CO)5, Fe(CO)4 and Co(CO)3, with exam tips.
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Roald Hoffmann: The Chemist Who Wrote Poetry and Explained Reactions with Orbitals
Biography of Roald Hoffmann: childhood in wartime Poland, education at Columbia and Harvard, Woodward-Hoffmann rules, Nobel Prize 1981 and his poetry.
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