The above reasoning is also in line with avoiding the violation of the octet rule, or almost so, for polyiodides; thus, it is against the picture of triiodide featuring 10 electrons at its central atom, and in agreement with the criticism to classical hybridization model assuming the important role of d orbitals in 3c-4e systems. Such an argument has been reviewed elsewhere, found one of his first critics in Pauling, and the development of this very theme led to fundamental contribution by Pimentel, Rundle, Hoffmann, among others, to establish the 3c-4e ERMB model.