Roald Hoffmann
Noun
Meaning
United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)
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"Extended Hückel MO theory" ( EHT ) applies to both sigma and pi electrons, and has its origins in work by William Lipscomb and Roald Hoffmann for nonplanar molecules in 1962.
Subsequent Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann was a doctoral student in Lipscomb's laboratory.
Under Lipscomb's direction the Extended Hückel method of molecular orbital calculation was developed by Lawrence Lohr and by Roald Hoffmann.
Under Lipscomb's direction the Extended Hückel method was developed by Lawrence Lohr and by Roald Hoffmann.