Re: CCL:Seeing molecular orbitals?

["Rajarshi Guha" <rajarshi %! at !% presidency.com>]

> other. I think molecules are the beautiful building blocks of our
 Universe
 > and created for a purpose. I decline the view molecules are just chance
 > particles. I suspect from my reading of CCL, my intention may be seen as
 Hi,
     your comment suggests that somebody / something is making molecules to
 satisfy some aestheic urge. I fully agree that molecules are beutiful (in
 fact the shapes of organic molecules is what attracted me to chemistry when
 I was entering high school) - but I also think that they just happen to be
 beutiful. When you say that they are chance particles do you mean that they
 *just exist* ? I don't think so. Most things in the universe have a function
 to perform and they are made such that they perform it well - evolution. And
 so it also applies to molecules. In the case of molecules, performance for a
 function is not the only criterion - a more important (I think *most*) is
 geometry constraints - the molecule is what it is becuase of the way the
 bonds have to join! If it happens that this makes the molecule beautiful
 then be it - in th end you'll have to work the numbers and data that arise
 >from a molecule. Of course there should be a goal in the measurement and
 calculation of these data - measurement for measurementas sake is not very
 useful I think.
 At the same time somebody has to document the data - it might seem a
 pointless job, but when the data is put to use, the documenter will be able
 to sit back with a smile of satisfaction.
 In the end I think computational chemistry involves both kinds of work -
 getting, verifying and using data. In the midst of all this good looking
 molecules ;) makes the work fun!
 Bye,
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 Rajarshi Guha
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 IIT Kharagpur
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