The criticism expressed by Frenking and Hermann on the notion of quadruple bonding in C 2 is answered using hard facts. Both experimental and computational data gauge the strength of the fourth bond as 16 kcal mol −1 . The authors agree that chemical research goes profitably beyond “synthetic” chemistry.
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