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ReviewPure and applied chemistry. Chimie pure et appliquee2025

When theory came first: a review of theoretical chemical predictions ahead of experiments.

Mario Barbatti

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Review in Pure and applied chemistry. Chimie pure et appliquee, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Mario BarbattiAix Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, 13397 Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-6607

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For decades, computational theoretical chemistry has provided critical insights into molecular behavior, often anticipating experimental discoveries. This review surveys twenty notable examples from the past fifteen years in which computational chemistry successfully predicted molecular structures, reaction mechanisms, and material properties before experimental confirmation. By spanning fields such as bioinorganic chemistry, materials science, catalysis, and quantum transport, these case studies illustrate how quantum chemical methods have become essential for multidisciplinary molecular sciences. The impact of theoretical predictions across disciplines shows the indispensable role of computational chemistry in guiding experiments and driving scientific discovery.

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computational chemistrymolecular design and discoverymultidisciplinary researchquantum chemical predictionsquantum science and technologytheoretical versus experimental chemistry

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PMID40969173
PMCPMC12442755

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