Electronic Structures of Polyatomic Molecules and Valence

Abstract

The electronic structures of a number of molecules and ions (${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$O, N${\mathrm{H}}_{3}$, C${\mathrm{H}}_{4}$, C${\mathrm{F}}_{4}$, ${\mathrm{Cl}}_{4}$, Cl${\mathrm{O}}_{4}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, S${\mathrm{O}}_{4}^{=}$, Cl${\mathrm{O}}_{3}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, S${\mathrm{O}}_{3}^{=}$, C${\mathrm{O}}_{2}$, and others) are briefly described in terms of one-electron wave functions; other molecular types are easily described in a similar way, and will be discussed in later detailed papers. Many valence phenomena can be understood using these wave functions and a simple rule based on the Pauli principle.