Is a CC quadruple bond possible?

New Developments in Molecular Orbital Theory

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Application of the pople-santry-segal CNDO method to the cyclopropylcarbinyl and cyclobutyl cation and to bicyclobutane

Kenneth B. Wiberg · Tetrahedron · 1968 · 4.4K citations

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Chemical bonding in hypervalent molecules. The dominance of ionic bonding and negative hyperconjugation over d-orbital participation

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The valence states of C2: A configuration interaction study

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The discovery of two new infrared electronic transitions of C2: B1Δ -A1Π and B′1Σ+-A1Π

M. Douay, R. Nietmann, P. F. Bernath · Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy · 1988 · 72 citations

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