Summary Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry 14-Molecular Orbital Approach to Bonding, Texas A&MU 2019

Molecular Orbital Approach to Bonding
Chemistry 362; spring 2019
Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Professor
Xuemei Yang, Graduate Assistant
Kyle Burns, Graduate Assistant


The following slides were modified from a gift from Professor Martyn Poliakoff
Of the Department of Chemistry in Nottingham, England. Tom Poliakoff also
used these slides and prepared them, to my knowledge. You might also check
The MIT open courseware lecture to refresh your memory of molecular orbitals.
MIT Open Courseware lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llaa‐iEYDLI

HF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=estiedAlXII

B2H6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD5CrjyAKx4




CO http://www.chemtube3d.com/orbitalsCO.htm

, Can you
Bond Dissociation Energies account for
these trends?
Yes, you can.

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