Gilbert Lewis e a delicada tessitura da teoria do par compartilhado

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research that explored the context and intense dedication of the American chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis, aiming to investigate the consolidation of the shared pair theory that justified the formation of chemical bonds in the molecules from the elucidation of the atom. which we risk calling the atomic model. Original works by the twentieth century author were analyzed, specifically the article published in 1916, The Atom and the Molecule, and the 1923 book, Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules. It was also analyzed periodical articles by scientists that in one way or another were directly related to the researched, either by laying the groundwork for Lewis's studies or by being directly related to their research. It is hoped with this work that the figure of Lewis will be remembered not only by one of his theories, but as a fundamental scientist for the construction of chemical knowledge encouraging everyone who, in some way, as undergraduate, postgraduate students. undergraduate or even acting teachers, were attached to it.