Lecture 15 Flashcards
1
Q
MO diagram
A
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2
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core atomic orbitals
A
radially contracted, weak overlap
the bonding and anti-bonding cancel out because they are full
only need to worry about valence orbitals
3
Q
LUMO
A
lowest unoccupied MO
4
Q
HOMO
A
highest occupied MO
5
Q
SOMO
A
singly occupied orbitals
6
Q
bonding
A
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7
Q
symmetry
A
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8
Q
inversion symmetry
A
when a molecule has a centre of symmetry and when a property is inverted about it
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9
Q
p block
A
first row diatomic molecules
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