Author(s)

Anatoly M. Dolgonosov

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It is shown that electrons forming simple and multiple covalent bonds may have different contribu-tions to the interatomic interactions due to the degeneracy of electron states. A simple relationship between the length of covalent bond, its order and atomic numbers of the interacting atoms is de-duced.

Interatomic Interactions, Covalent Bond, Degeneracy of Electron States, Theory of Generalized Charges, Bond Length Ratio

A. Dolgonosov, "Statistical Modeling of the Influence of Electron Degeneracy on the Interatomic Interactions," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2010, pp. 171-174. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2010.13025.