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What are "motion invariants"? How exactly do L = nh/2π and integral(p.dx) = nh connect? I know the way de Broglie explained it, but that was much later. How did Sommerfeld connect those? And at last, how did Bohr himself got his quantum condition? Wikipedia states that William Nicholson was...

What are "motion invariants"? How exactly do L = nh/2π and integral(p.dx) = nh connect? I know the way de Broglie explained it, but that was much later. How did Sommerfeld connect those? And at last, how did Bohr himself got his quantum condition? Wikipedia states that William Nicholson was...

Wherever I read, they just simply state the Bohr-Sommerfeld or the Wilson-Sommerfeld quantum condition to be integral (p.dx) over closed path = nh But nowhere can I find the insight using which Sommerfeld arrived at this equation. I mean, he could'nt have just guessed that. There must have...

Got it. Thanks

In halides, I- is the most polarisable and F- is the least. So shouldn't I- be most nucleophilic ( in aprotic solvent) as its cloud should most easily be distorted and transition state with electrophile should be achieved most easily? Or is polarisability very different from nucleophilicity?

Thanks a lot. I got it. One has to just check the activation energy needed to form the transition state with rhe electrophile. Not the latter considerations of how much energy WOULD be given off if reaction COULD jump the kinetic barrier. I am writing whatever I have understood finally. Please...

Hi. Could you please resolve the case of H2O vs H2S nucleophilicity in aprotic medium? Some sources state that H2S is stronger as its electron cloud can be distorted more easily. But some state that it is H2O because O forms stronger bond. Please provide one ultimate answer.