Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1301232 Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2008 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

The history and development of the VSEPR model since its inception in 1957 are reviewed. Exceptions to the model are discussed and are shown to have led to improvements in the model and to the development of another model – the LCP model – which supplements the VSEPR model. It is shown how recent developments in the analysis of electron densities have provided both strong evidence for the physical basis of the model, and a further understanding of the model and its exceptions. Attempts to extend the VSEPR model to the transition metals are discussed.

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