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| molecular orbital located outside of the region between two nuclei; electrons in an antibonding orbital destabilize the molecule |
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| orbitals that have the same energy |
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| homonuclear diatomic molecule |
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| molecule consisting of two identical atoms |
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| orbital created by combining atomic orbitals on a central atom |
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| model that describes the changes in the atomic orbitals of an atom when it forms a covalent compound |
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| linear combination of atomic orbitals |
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| technique for combining atomic orbitals to create molecular orbitals |
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| region of space in which an electron has a high probability of being found in a molecule |
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| molecular orbital diagram |
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| visual representation of the relative energy levels of molecular orbitals |
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| model that describes the behavior of electrons delocalized throughout a molecule in terms of the combination of atomic wave functions |
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| plane separating different lobes of orbitals, where the probability of finding an electron is zero |
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| coexistence of orbitals from two different atoms sharing the same region of space, leading to the formation of a covalent bond |
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| covalent bond formed by side-by-side overlap of atomic orbitals; the electron density is found on opposite sides of the internuclear axis |
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| covalent bond formed by overlap of atomic orbitals along the internuclear axis |
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| one of a set of two orbitals with a linear arrangement that results from combining one |
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| one of a set of three orbitals with a trigonal planar arrangement that results from combining one |
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| one of a set of four orbitals with a tetrahedral arrangement that results from combining one |
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| one of a set of five orbitals with a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement that results from combining one |
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| one of a set of six orbitals with an octahedral arrangement that results from combining one |
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| description of bonding that involves atomic orbitals overlapping to form ? or ? bonds, within which pairs of electrons are shared |
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| molecular orbital formed by side-by-side overlap of atomic orbitals, in which the electron density is found on opposite sides of the internuclear axis |
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| molecular orbital in which the electron density is found along the axis of the bond |
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