'Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry': Comments on a Book Review

摘要

In a recent review of our book "Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry" Frenking praised certain features such as our treatment of the connection between dipole moments and the charge distribution of a molecule as well as the discussion of the Pauli principle as fundamental to the understanding of the electronic structure of molecules. However, he severely criticizes our use of the electron density rather than the wave function approach and our use of the VSEPR and LCP models as a basis for understanding chemical bonding. He cites many statements described as "absurdities" that we show are either incorrect quotations from the book, statement taken out of context, or statements that he has simply misunderstood.