Henry A. Bent | |
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Born | |
Died | January 3, 2015 | (aged 88)
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1952) |
Awards | George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Connecticut
University of Minnesota (1958-69) North Carolina State University, Raleigh (1969-89) University of Pittsburgh (1989-92) |
Henry A. Bent (December 21, 1926 – January 3, 2015) [1] was a professor of physical chemistry who studied molecular orbitals to develop atomic hybridization and valence bond theories. [2] Bent's rule, which predicts the orbital hybridization of a central atom as a function of the electronegativities of the substituents attached to it, is named for him.
In thermodynamics he developed a global approach now known as "entropy analysis" for the entropy component of thermodynamic free energy in relation to the second law of thermodynamics and the spontaneity of various chemical processes. [3]
Bent was also interested in the periodic laws of the elements and promoted the left-step periodic table based on orbital-filling rules. [4]
Henry A. Bent | |
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Born | |
Died | January 3, 2015 | (aged 88)
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1952) |
Awards | George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Connecticut
University of Minnesota (1958-69) North Carolina State University, Raleigh (1969-89) University of Pittsburgh (1989-92) |
Henry A. Bent (December 21, 1926 – January 3, 2015) [1] was a professor of physical chemistry who studied molecular orbitals to develop atomic hybridization and valence bond theories. [2] Bent's rule, which predicts the orbital hybridization of a central atom as a function of the electronegativities of the substituents attached to it, is named for him.
In thermodynamics he developed a global approach now known as "entropy analysis" for the entropy component of thermodynamic free energy in relation to the second law of thermodynamics and the spontaneity of various chemical processes. [3]
Bent was also interested in the periodic laws of the elements and promoted the left-step periodic table based on orbital-filling rules. [4]