Chemical bonds involve sharing electrons between only two atoms rather than three
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 6/100
Chemical bonds are not restricted to two-center interactions; multicenter bonds involving three or more atoms are well-established in chemistry.
Evidence against · 3
Quantum-Mechanical Study of Some Three-Center Two-Electron Systems. II. A Natural-Orbital, Electron-Population, and Energy Analysis
1968 · cited by 7
Paper [0] analyzes three-center two-electron systems such as H3+, demonstrating that chemical bonds can involve more than two atoms.
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More against · 2
Introduction and Extension of the Unified Theory of Multicenter Bonding: The Role of the Charge-Shift Bonding.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper [6] explicitly discusses multicenter bonds, including electron-deficient and electron-rich multicenter bonds that span more than two atoms.
Chemical bonding concepts emerge naturally from maximally entangled atomic orbitals.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper [9] shows that quantum-mechanical orbital entanglement recovers both standard two-center Lewis structures and beyond-Lewis multicenter structures.