An attempt is made to give an explanation of the ‘breakdown of symmetry’ in the Hartree–Fock model of molecular electronic structure. Applications to some simple models are given and results for the famous example of the allyl radical are quoted to strengthen the theoretical arguments.
D. B. Cook, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2, 1986, 82, 187 DOI: 10.1039/F29868200187
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