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| Acronym: VB | valence bond | ay hold electrons which are spread more uniformly over the molecule. Thus, overall, bonding (and electrons) are far more delocalized (spread out) in MO theory, than is implied in valence bond (VB) theory. This makes MO theory more useful for the description of extended systems. An example is that in the MO picture of benzene, composed of a hexagonal ring of 6 carbon atoms. In this molec |