From chemistry-request@server.ccl.net Mon Sep 11 12:38:27 2000 Received: from ne059.cm.utexas.edu (ne059.cm.utexas.edu [146.6.145.59]) by server.ccl.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA31142 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:38:27 -0400 Received: from eeyore.cm.utexas.edu (ne057.cm.utexas.edu [146.6.145.57]) by ne059.cm.utexas.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e8BGVi506116; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:31:44 -0500 Message-ID: <39BD2513.9E11C49E@eeyore.cm.utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:31:47 -0700 From: "Isaac B. Bersuker" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Paulo E. Abreu" CC: chemistry@ccl.net Subject: Re: CCL:HYBRIDIZATION NOT "REAL";V. FOCK References: <39BC0884.4ADBB8E@trentu.ca> <39BD05DE.2A4DFC2C@eeyore.cm.utexas.edu> <39BCF8F6.F79F85FD@qta.qui.uc.pt> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Paulo E. Abreu" wrote: > > What do you mean by a legitimate physical phenomenom ? Can you detect it > experimentally ? Yes, you can: hybridization changes the charge distribution which is, in principle observable I. B. -- Dr. Isaac B. Bersuker Institute for Theoretical Chemistry Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712, USA Ph: (512) 471-4671 Fax: (512) 471-8696 Email: bersuker@eeyore.cm.utexas.edu