A generalized valence bond model for the quantum mechanics of bonding in sulfur compounds, a new view of hypervalency

A model for the bonding of hypervalent molecules containing sulfur is presented using generalized valence bond wavefunctions. To delineate the model from more commonly used DFT and delocalized wavefunctions, we present detailed comparisons to these other methods. The result is a new concept of local transferable bonding in hypervalent molecules.