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Molecular orbitals are formed through a linear combination of atomic orbitals
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Molecular orbitals are standardly formed through a linear combination of atomic orbitals, a foundational concept robustly supported across quantum chemistry and solid-state literature.

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Trimer effects in fragment molecular orbital-linear combination of molecular orbitals calculation of one-electron orbitals for biomolecules
2013 · cited by 30
Utilizes the fragment molecular orbital-linear combination of molecular orbitals method to calculate and analyze electronic orbitals in biomolecules.
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The claim is a fundamental textbook principle of quantum chemistry (LCAO-MO theory). The retrieved papers consistently apply, discuss, or build upon the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) framework to construct and analyze molecular orbitals across various chemical systems. None of the papers refute the claim.

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Theoretical Calculation of the Carbon-13 Chemical Shifts of Some Normal Alkanes by the Linear Combination of Gauge Invariant Atomic Orbitals-Molecular Orbital Theory Using INDO and MINDO/2 Methods
1974 · cited by 9
Applies the linear combination of atomic orbitals-molecular orbital theory to calculate chemical shifts in alkanes.
Ab-initio study of Al-doping on electron density and charge distribution in boron carbide clusters.
2026 · cited by 0
Employs the linear combination of atomic orbitals to molecular orbitals method to analyze the three-dimensional electron density distribution in clusters.
Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics with a Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals and Hybrid Functionals for Condensed Matter Simulations Made Possible. Theory and Performance for the Microcanonical and Canonical Ensembles.
2024 · cited by 0
Employs atom-centered basis functions within a linear combination of atomic orbitals to describe wave functions in condensed matter simulations.
DFT+U within the framework of linear combination of numerical atomic orbitals.
2022 · cited by 0
Presents a DFT methodology based on the framework of a linear combination of numerical atomic orbitals for electronic-structure calculations.
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