%0 Journal Article
%T The Structure Lacuna
%A Jan C.A. Boeyens
%A Demetrius C. Levendis
%J International Journal of Molecular Sciences
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ijms13079081
%X Molecular symmetry is intimately connected with the classical concept ofthree-dimensional molecular structure. In a non-classical theory of wave-like interactionin four-dimensional space-time, both of these concepts and traditional quantum mechanicslose their operational meaning, unless suitably modified. A required reformulation shouldemphasize the importance of four-dimensional effects like spin and the symmetry effects ofspace-time curvature that could lead to a fundamentally different understanding of molecularsymmetry and structure in terms of elementary number theory. Isolated single moleculeshave no characteristic shape and macro-biomolecules only develop robust three-dimensionalstructure in hydrophobic response to aqueous cellular media.
%K golden ratio
%K molecular symmetry
%K spin function
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/13/7/9081