Inorganic Stereochemistry
Article
Formal Antecedent
Foundations and Logic
Citation
Ronald J. Gillespie and Ronald S. Nyholm. (1957). Inorganic Stereochemistry. Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society. 11. pp. 339–380.
Why this reference is included
Gillespie and Nyholm’s 1957 Inorganic Stereochemistry, published in Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited in Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 6, Chapter Molecular Geometry, where the program draws on it in the context of “The central question of this chapter: given a molecular formula and a Lewis structure, what shape does the molecule adopt? VSEPR Theory The Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion….”
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 6Chapter Molecular Geometry
The central question of this chapter: given a molecular formula and a Lewis structure, what shape does the molecule adopt? VSEPR Theory The Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion model, developed by Sidgwick, Powell, Gillespie, and Nyholm , rests on one principle: Electron pairs in the valence shell of a central atom arrange themselves in space so as to maximise their mutual angular separation, thereby minimising Coulomb and Pauli repulsion