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Linus Pauling’s Breakthrough to the Theory of Aromatic Compounds and Hückel’s Reaction

2009

In the mid-1930s Wheland and Pauling set out to find a quantum theoretical basis for Ingold’s general electronic theory of organic reactions. A brief outline of Ingold’s main concepts will provide the necessary background for an evaluation of their contribution and Huckel’s discussion of it.