molecular orbital

Noun

Meaning

molecular orbital (plural molecular orbitals)

(quantum mechanics, chemistry) The quantum mechanical behaviour of an electron in a molecule describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy; approximated by a linear combination of atomic orbitals.

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Examples

My monograph on visible spectroscopy using molecular orbital notations eventually resulted into a book in 1960. C. N. R. Rao

Molecular orbital examples Homonuclear diatomics Homonuclear diatomic MOs contain equal contributions from each atomic orbital in the basis set. Source: Internet

More sophisticated models embrace covalency, and this approach is described by ligand field theory (LFT) and Molecular orbital theory (MO). Source: Internet

Molecular orbital theory predicts a stable "curocene" complex (η 8 -C 8 H 8 ) 2 Cm, but it has not been reported experimentally yet. Source: Internet

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