Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding (GATE CY) — GATE Chemistry (…
Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding: Born-Oppenheimer approximation; Valence bond theory treatment for hydrogen molecule and linear combination of atomic orbitals – molecular orbitals (LCAO-MO) theory. Concept of hybridization and hybrid orbitals. Applications of LCAO-MO theory to H2+, H2; Molecular orbital theory (MOT) of homo- and heteronuclear diatomic molecules. Hückel theory, applications to simple molecules, small conjugated π-electron systems.
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- Section: Physical Chemistry
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