Does Valence Bond Theory Relate to the Hierarchy of Planck Constants?

Abstract

The findings about mysterious disappearance of valence electrons in rare earth metals due to heating leads to a new formulation of valence bond theory. The lengths of molecular bonds vary in rather narrow range whereas Schrodinger equation suggests that the bond lengths r should scale as r ∝ m²/Z² for n = 1 (m labels the rows of the periodic table). Closed shell electrons screen Z to Z_eff  = n_V, n_V the number of valence electrons so that the formula e = n²m²/Z_eff² is a more natural starting point, and conforms with the basic idea about periodic system. This leads to a model allowing to estimate the value of $n$ for given bond allowing also qualitative picture about electro-negativities of valence bonds. Also a comparison with bio-chemistry becomes possible. Hydrogen bond can be understood in terms of de-localization of proton. The conclusion is that the reductionistic dogma stating that molecular physics and chemistry reduce to atomic physics is wrong in TGD framework.