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| Pauling in the 1940s | |
| Born | 28 February 1901 Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Died | 19 August 1994 Big Sur, California, United States
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| Known for | Nature of the chemical bond; valence bond theory; orbital hybridisation; electronegativity scale |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954); Nobel Peace Prize (1962) |
Linus Carl Pauling (28 February 1901 - 19 August 1994) was an American chemist whose work helped make quantum mechanics central to modern chemistry. He used quantum ideas to explain the structure of molecules, the directionality of chemical bonds, and the relation between atomic orbitals and molecular geometry.
Pauling received the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the nature of the chemical bond.[1] He later received the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize, making him one of the few people to receive two Nobel Prizes.
Quantum chemistry
Pauling's book The Nature of the Chemical Bond presented chemical bonding as a quantum-mechanical subject. His work on valence bond theory, resonance, hybrid orbitals, and electronegativity gave chemists a practical language for connecting atomic wave functions with molecular shape and reactivity.
In the Quantum Collection, Pauling is closely linked with:
- Physics:Quantum chemistry
- Physics:Quantum valence bond theory
- Physics:Quantum Orbital hybridisation
- Physics:Quantum ionic bonding
- Physics:Quantum linear combination of atomic orbitals
Influence
Pauling's treatment of bonding helped connect spectroscopy, crystallography, thermochemistry, and quantum mechanics. His approach made quantum chemistry usable for interpreting real molecules rather than only idealized atoms.
See also
- Biography:Fritz London
- Biography:Robert S. Mulliken
- Biography:John Lennard-Jones
- Physics:Quantum computational chemistry
References
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1954/pauling/facts/.
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