Definition of Roald Hoffmann

1. Noun. United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937).

Exact synonyms: Hoffmann
Generic synonyms: Chemist

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Literary usage of Roald Hoffmann

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Roald Hoffmann, Akira Imamura, and Warren J. Hehre 1499 Hydrogen Bonding in Pyridine Waldemar Adam, Alec Grimison, Roald Hoffmann, and Conchita Zuazaga de ..."

2. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"To explain these findings, Woodward and Roald Hoffmann (at that time a member of the Harvard Society of Fellows) applied molecular orbital theory to the ..."

3. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph Stewart Fruton (1990)
"His most notable contribution to chemical theory was the one he made in collaboration with Roald Hoffmann [b. 1937] on the conservation of orbital symmetry ..."

4. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph Stewart Fruton (1990)
"His most notable contribution to chemical theory was the one he made in collaboration with Roald Hoffmann [b. 1937] on the conservation of orbital symmetry ..."

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