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Erich Hückel’s Research Agenda During the 1930s: Underpinning Organic Chemistry with Quantum Theory

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The foregoing three Sections 1.9.2, 1.9.3 and 1.9.4 have shown how Huckel’s interest in quantum mechanics and its application to problems in chemistry developed. Before turning our attention to a detailed history of Huckel’s theory of double bonding, it seems appropriate to insert a brief sketch of classical models of double bonds in stereochemistry and their limitations. The emphasis will be on controversial aspects of the classical theory important in the development of Huckel’s theory, which prompted him to develop his new ideas about double bonding.