Abstract
DR. Walsh has defended his suggested structure1 for the compounds ethylene oxide and cyclopropane in terms of a molecular orbitals picture based on the assumption that the carbon atoms are in the trigonal, or near-trigonal, state. The calculations by Linnett2 of the CH-bond force-constants are consistent with trigonal bonding.
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SKINNER, H. Structure of Cyclopropane. Nature 160, 902 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160902a0
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