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chemical bonds.
Antibonding molecular orbitals (MOs) are
normally higher in
energy than
bonding molecular orbitals.
Bonding and
antibonding orbitals form...
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energy than the
atomic orbitals that
combine to
produce them.
Antibonding MOs:
Antibonding interactions between atomic orbitals are
destructive (out-of-phase)...
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bonded atoms or p****ing
through the
bonded atoms. The
corresponding antibonding, or σ* orbital, is
defined by the
presence of one
nodal plane between...
- atoms, and no
nodal planes between the
bonded atoms. The
corresponding antibonding, or π* ("pi-star")
molecular orbital, is
defined by the
presence of an...
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called bonding electrons and any
electrons in the
antibonding orbital would be
called antibonding electrons. The
reduction in
energy of
these electrons...
- a σ bonding to a σ
antibonding orbital, from a π bonding to a π
antibonding orbital, or from an n non-bonding to a π
antibonding orbital.
Reverse electron...
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dibromide adopts the
trans configuration. For
maximum overlap of the C–Br σ*
antibonding molecular orbital (the LUMO,
shown to the
right in red) and the nucleophile...
- non-bonding p or
antibonding σ* or π*
orbitals to give a pair of
extended molecular orbitals. However, sometimes, low-lying
antibonding σ*
orbitals may...
- are
antibonding in character,
reducing the
overall bond
order of the
molecule to 2 from the
maximum value of 3 that
would occur when
these antibonding orbitals...
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occupancy of oxygen's two
antibonding πg-orbitals,
which are
degenerate (equal in energy).
These two
orbitals are
classified as
antibonding and are of higher...
