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    Challenges→Electrons are not localized between bonded atoms as the Lewis model assumes.

    Both experimental and theoretical evidence indicate that electrons are delocalized, smeared out over whole molecules.

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    The first challenge comes from the incompatibility between the ontology of quantum mechanics and the apparent ontology of the chemical bonds. Electrons cannot be distinguished in principle (Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory) and hence quantum mechanical descriptions of bonds cannot depend on the identity of particular electrons. If we interpret the structural conception of bonding in a Lewis-like fashion, where bonds are composed of specific pairs of electrons donated by particular

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