Sketch the bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals
Chapter 10, Problem 74E(choose chapter or problem)
Sketch the bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals that result from linear combinations of the \(2 p_{z}\) atomic orbitals in a homonuclear diatomic molecule. (The \(2 p_{z}\) orbitals are those whose lobes are oriented perpendicular to the bonding axis.) How do these molecular orbitals differ from those obtained from linear combinations of the \(2 p_{y}\) atomic orbitals? (The \(2 p_{y}\) orbitals are also oriented perpendicular to the bonding axis, but also perpendicular to the \(2 p_{z}\) orbitals.)
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