Chemical Bonds and Molecular Shapes
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 105
Special Issue Editor
Interests: astrochemistry; UIEs and DIBs molecular origin; computational quantum chemistry; electron density analysis; chemical bonding; molecular vibration theory; spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the dawn of alchemy, the graphical representation of elements and compounds was an established language among chemists. Colors, odor, properties, and specific applications of substances were all communicated through this strange though fascinating medium. By the middle of the 19th century, pioneers of chemical science like Alexander Crum Brown replaced this ancient tradition with something more fundamental, something that brought the outcomes of tedious laboratory experiments, such as Dalton’s view of atoms and Avogadro’s notion of molecules, all together. The result was a language system made of different circle sizes connected by lines in a specific way that was guided mostly by chemical intuition. These diagrams of chemical formulas are now the new avenue of communication among chemists around the globe, much like social media in our modern day. The language survived once the leap in understanding the three-dimensional nature of molecular entities was made; it also survived both quantum mechanics and relativistic theory revolutions. The language of chemical bonds and molecular structures (shapes) is still with us in the 21st century. It seems that these are interlocking concepts; one cannot exist without the other, and we cannot think of chemistry without these twins.
This Special Issue aims to address such questions by diving into the many uncovered and yet to be discovered secrets behind the lines and shapes that the key players, such as group theory, spectroscopy, synthesis, and material science, heavily rely on.
Dr. SeyedAbdolreza Sadjadi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemical bonds
- molecular shapes
- molecular sciences
- atoms and molecules
- graphical chemistry
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