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DR DICK HARCOURT



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Organization: Chemistry
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/harcourt.php
Work: 8344 6483
Fax: 9347 5180
Room: 280
Level: 02
Building: Chemistry - Old
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Electronic structure of molecules Valence bond; increased-valence structures; Bohr orbit theory Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Germany Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Exchange, Research
Canada University of New Brunswick Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute Member 10-Aug-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of the Weak SS Bonds in the OSSSO and 02SSS02 Molecules
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 113
    Issue: 2009
    Page numbers: 8677-8682
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  • Erratum to "Wiberg-type atomic valence formulae for diatomic electron-pair bonds and antibonds" [J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 897 (2009) 83]
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 908
    Issue: 908
    Page numbers: 125
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Publications in 2008

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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Accounting for the differences in the structures and relative energies of the highly homoatomic np-np (n=>3)-bonded S2I42+, the Se-I pi-bonded Se2I42+ and their higher energy isomers by AIM, MO, NBO and VB methodologies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 681-699
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  • Increased-Valence or Electronic Hypervalence for Symmetrical Three-Centre Molecular Orbital Configurations
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 691-695
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  • Some Comments on Valence Bond Representations for the Radical Exchange Reaction X• + R:Y →X:R +Y•
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 111
    Issue: 50
    Page numbers: 13278-13280
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  • Valence bond structures for the D2h isomer of N2O4 and some isomers of S3O2 and S3O
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 5773-5778
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Corrigendum to "A note on some valence bond calculations for the ground-state of the hydrogen molecule"[Inorg.Chim.Acta 358 (2005) 4049-4050]

    Year: 2006
    Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta
    Volume: 359
    Page numbers: 4049-4050
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  • Tutorial review: Bohr circular orbit diagrams for some fluorine-containing molecules
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 712-719
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  • Valence Bond Formulations of Mechanisms for the Formation and Decomposition of N2O5
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Environmental Chemistry
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 355-363,457
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A-atom valence for the 2-electron 3-centre valence bond structure Y . A . B
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 716
    Page numbers: 99-101
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Ab initio double-? (D95) valence bond calculations for the ground states of NO2, O3, and C1O2
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta
    Volume: 358
    Page numbers: 4131-4136
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Lausanne)
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  • Aspects of three-electron two-centre, four-electron three-centre and six-electron five-centre bonding in cycloimmoium ylides
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 729
    Page numbers: 155-161
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Increased-Valence or Electronic Hypervalence for a Diatomic One-Electron Bond
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume: 58
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 753-755
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Ab initio double-ζ (D95) valence bond calculations for the ground states of S2N2 and S42+
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 6527-6531
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Pseudo one-electron bonds and atomic valencies for some increased-valence and non-paired spatial orbital valence bond structures
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 684
    Page numbers: 167-169
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Increased valence (qualitative valence bond) descriptions of the electronic structures of electron-rich fluorine-containing molecules
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
    Volume: 123
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-20
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Lausanne)
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  • Model valence-bond studies of aspects of electron conduction along a linear chain of lithium atoms
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 107
    Page numbers: 3877-3883
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Revisions to expressions for atomic valencies for 3-electron 3-centre and 4-electron 3-centre valence bond structures
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 634
    Page numbers: 265-269
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  • Valence bond and molecular orbital studies of the A-F bond lengths in some AFn type molecules and their fluorinated cations
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
    Volume: 123
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 273-278
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  • Valence bond formulations of the identity hydrogen abstraction reaction, X. + H - X' → X - H + X'., with reactantlike and productlike complexes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 48
    Page numbers: 10324-10329
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Valence bond studies of N2F+
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 1121-1125
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Reports

  • Qualitative valence-bond descriptions of electron-rich molecules: Pauling "3-Electron Bonds" and "Increased-Valence" theory
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 30
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Valence bond structures for some molecules with four singly-occupied active-space orbitals: electronic structures, reaction mechanisms, metallic orbitals
    Year: 2002
    Book: Valence Bond Theory
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Journal Articles

  • A note on Wiberg-type atomic valencies for a 3-electron 3-centre valence bond structure
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 617
    Page numbers: 177-180
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Valence bond studies of N5+
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Zeitschrift fur naturforschung Section B - A Journal of Chemical Sciences
    Volume: 57b
    Page numbers: 983-992
    Publisher: Verlag Z Naturforsch(Tubingen)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Ab initio calculations and qualitative valence bond considerations for H2N-NO2 (Nitramide) and H2N-NO (Nitrosamine)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Zeitschrift fur naturforschung Section B - A Journal of Chemical Sciences
    Volume: 56b
    Page numbers: 571-575
    Publisher: Verlag Z Naturforsch(Tubingen)
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  • Parametrized valence bond studies of the origin of the N-F bond lengthenings of FNO2 and FNO
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 4974-4979
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Reply to comment "Electronic Reorganization in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Fulminic Acid to Acetylene"
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume: 105
    Page numbers: 10947-10948
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • The interconversion of N12 to N8 and two equivalents of N2
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Theochem
    Volume: 541
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 237-242
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Valence bond and molecular orbital studies of three N2O isomers, and valence bond representations for some azide decompositions
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Modeling
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 271-277
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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