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IN a recent paper1, one of us has shown that the available data2 on the contours of the infra-red bands of NO 2 are most consistently interpreted by a ring-like structure for the molecule, with the O–N–O angle approximately 60°. The theory of directed valency was employed there to provide a possible electronic configuration for this model. Closer investigation of the electronic structure, however, indicates that as much more probable form has the O–N–O angle in the neighbourhood of 110°–120°;
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SUTHERLAND, G., PENNEY, W. Shape of the NO2 Molecule. Nature 136, 146–147 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136146b0
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