Heitler-London covalence theory
Heitler-London covalence theory
[′hīt·lər ′lən·dən kō′vā·ləns ‚thē·ə·rē] (physical chemistry)
A calculation of the binding energy and the distance between the atoms of a diatomic hydrogen molecule, which assumes that the two electrons are in atomic orbitals about each of the nuclei, and then combines these orbitals into a symmetric or antisymmetric function.
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