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RefNoRR/75/264
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The correspondence between the resonance and molecular orbital theories' by Michael James Stewart Dewar and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins, to D C Martin
Date19 February 1951
DescriptionPaper reference code: A220

Recommended for publication by the Royal Society. Evans remarks she does not agree with the second referee that the paper should 'thrown out', she believes the authors discuss an important point, but do not make it clear what that point is, and that the second referee has confused the authors use of 'resonance theory' with the 'valency bond method'. Evans suggests the author's should make it clear when they use the resonance theory, agrees with many comments Coulson made, however disagrees with the second referees assessment that the paper is an 'esoteric discussion based on nothing more than very elementary arguments'. In summary Evans makes suggestions for improvement. Enclosed is a blank referee form template for paper A220.

Written at The University of Manchester, Department of Chemistry, Manchester [England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Endorsed on recto as received 20 February 1952.
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1952.0184
RelatedRecordRR/75/262
RR/75/263
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA438Evans; Meredith Gwynne (1904 - 1952)1904 - 1952
NA2140Dewar; Michael James Stewart (1918 - 1997)1918 - 1997
NA5980Longuet-Higgins; Hugh Christopher (1923 - 2004)1923 - 2004
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