Recent comments on the transferability of angular overlap parameters and a criticism of the practice of setting eδ≈ 0 are discussed, and arguments in favour of eδ≈ 0 are presented. It is emphasised that the angular overlap model is a sub-division of ligand-field theory, qualitatively distinct from molecular-orbital theory.
M. Gerloch and R. G. Woolley, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1981, 1714 DOI: 10.1039/DT9810001714
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