Understanding chemistry: from "heuristic (soft) explanations and reasoning by analogy" to "quantum chemistry".

What it found

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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2. Woodward and Hoffmann on Secondary Orbital Interactions. How to Make a Fine Two-Course Meal from Leftovers.Chemical record (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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3. A Thermodynamic Scale of Multiple Bonds Reducibility Based on G4 Calculations.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2025
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4. Woodward and Hoffmann. Hoffmann and Woodward. A Close Collaboration Had Yet to Begin.Chemical record (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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5. Revolutions in Chemistry: Assessment of Six 20th Century Candidates (The Instrumental Revolution; Hückel Molecular Orbital Theory; Hückel's 4JACS Au · 2023
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract