Comment on In Defence of Oxidation States by N. C. Norman and P. G. Pringle, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03914D

The evolution of the Covalent Bond Classification as a pedagogical tool for classifying an element's chemistry is described.

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The evolution of the Covalent Bond Classification as a pedagogical tool for classifying an element's chemistry is described in this passage.