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Interpretation:
The atomic orbital overlap and MO energy diagrams for
Concept introduction:
Molecular orbitals are constructed from the AOs of different atoms. When two atoms are brought close enough together (i.e., about a bond length apart), the AOs of one atom significantly overlap the AOs of the other atom, enabling them to undergo constructive and destructive interference or mix, to produce new orbitals called MOs. When AOs undergo mixing to produce new MOs, there are equal numbers of bonding and antibonding orbitals, and the remaining orbitals are represented by nonbonding orbitals. In carbocation, the positively charged carbon is
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Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
- Please construct the MO diagrams of NH3 and NH4+and use their MO’s toexplain the protonation (acid-base reaction) of NH3arrow_forwardFor 1 and 2, draw the appropriate arrows to show the bond cleavage and bond formations in these reactions. Show the important nonbonding electrons.arrow_forwardplease solve using 5% rule will leave like & support ?arrow_forward
- Organic Chemistry: A Guided InquiryChemistryISBN:9780618974122Author:Andrei StraumanisPublisher:Cengage Learning