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Orbitals: Some Fiction and Some Facts

Author(s) -

Jochen Autschbach

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of chemical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1938-1328

pISSN - 0021-9584

DOI - 10.1021/ed200673w

Subject(s) - molecular orbital theory , molecular orbital , atomic orbital , slater type orbital , quantum chemistry , natural bond orbital , linear combination of atomic orbitals , delocalized electron , chemical physics , chemistry , physics , theoretical physics , computational chemistry , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , electron , density functional theory , molecule , supramolecular chemistry

The use of electron orbitals in quantum theory and chemistry is discussed. Common misconceptions are highlighted. Suggestions are made how chemistry educators may describe orbitals in the first and second year college curriculum more accurately without introducing unwanted technicalities. A comparison is made of different ways of graphically representing orbitals. The connection of orbital delocalization and electron delocalization is explained by using graphical representations of canonical and localized molecular orbitals for water, benzene, and linear hexatriene.

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