A Chemist’s Guide to Valence Bond Theory

This book is designed to explain how to use Valence Bond theory to think concisely and rigorously and how to use VB computations. It is intended for chemists who are not necessarily experts on theory, but have some background in quantum chemistry. It familiarizes the reader with the various VB-based computational tools and methods available today and their use for a given chemical problem. It provides samples of inputs/outputs and instructs the reader on how to interpret the results. Applications discussed in the book include bonding problems, organic reactions, inorganic/organometallic reactions, and bioinorganic/biochemical reactions.