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Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Uppsala, Sweden, June 19-24, 1982

Proceedings of the First International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Menton, France, July 4-10, 1973

Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Uppsala, Sweden, June 19-24, 1982

Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Kyoto, Japan, October 29-November 3, 1979

Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Quantum Chemistry held in New Orleans, La, USA, April 19-24, 1976

Proceedings of the First International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Menton, France, July 4-10, 1973

Plenary Lectures presented at the Sixth International Congress on Quantum Chemistry held in Jerusalem, Israel, August 22-25, 1988

The Sixth International Congress on Quantum Chemistry convened at the Campus of the Hebrew University. Jerusalem. Israel. on August 22-25. 1988. The International Congresses on Quantum Chemistry are held under the auspices of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Previous International Congresses on Quantum Chemistry were held in France. Japan, the United States, Sweden and Canada. These prestigious meetings provided a central contribution to the important modern area of theoretical chemistry. The major goals of the Sixth International Congress on Quantum Chemistry were: A) To provide an overview of recent novel developments. advances and directions of research in the broad area of quantum molecular sciences. B) To establish strong interaction between the theoretical discipline of quantum molecular sciences and experiment. The general topics of the Sixth International Congress were: a) Molecular Quantum Mechanics b) Many-Body Theory of Molecular Structure c) Intermolecular Forces d) Complexes and Clusters e) Molecular Spectroscopy f) Intramolecular Dynamics g) Chemical Reactions h) Molecular Dynamics Simulations i) Condensed-Phase Chemistry j) Surface Phenomena and Catalysis k) Quantum Biochemistry 1) Biophysics The format of the Sixth International Congress consisted of plenary lectures. symposia and poster sessions. In the opening session of the Congress. commemorative addresses were delivered in honoured memory of the late Louis de Broglie and the late Robert S. Mulliken. Nobel Prize Laureates and Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. A com­ memorative symposium was devoted to the honoured memory of the late Massimo Simonetta.

Bernard PULLMAN During a long period organic chemistry was one of the pre­ ferred field of exploration for many quantum chemists. It still remains of major interest for a number of them, but altogether it seems as if the center of gravity of the quantum molecular theories became displaced towards different horizons. The dis­ placement seems in fact to occur in two directions. On the one hand, we see a prominent development of very refined computations for relatively small and frequently inorganic molecular systems with the view of a better and better reproduction of their obser­ vable properties and thus a better understanding of the fundamen­ tal principles governing the electronic structure of molecules. On the other hand, there is a no less prominent development of frequently also no less refined computations towards the study of molecular systems which because of their dimensions or the com­ plexity of the questions which they raise go beyond the usual treatment of organic molecules. These later studies involve in particular the penetration of quantum-mechanical concepts and me­ thods into the realm of biochemistry, biophysics, and pharma~olo­ gy. It so happens that because of the nature of the problems in­ volved this penetration has taken up a double aspect.

Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, held at Kyoto, Japan, October 29-November 3, 1979