Grabowsky, SimonSimonGrabowsky0000-0002-3377-9474Luger, PeterPeterLugerBuschmann, JürgenJürgenBuschmannSchneider, ThomasThomasSchneiderSchirmeister, TanjaTanjaSchirmeisterSobolev, Alexandre N.Alexandre N.SobolevJayatilaka, DylanDylanJayatilaka2024-10-282024-10-282012https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/185768A novel refinement technique for X‐ray diffraction data has been employed to derive S-O bond orders in sulfur dioxide experimentally. The results show that ionic S-O bonding dominates over hypervalency.en500 - Science::570 - Life sciences; biology500 - Science::540 - ChemistryThe Significance of Ionic Bonding in Sulfur Dioxide: Bond Orders from X-ray Diffraction Dataarticle10.7892/boris.13848310.1002/anie.201200745