The concept of a molecular orbital is readily extended to provide a description of the electronic structure of a polyatomic molecule. In general a molecular orbital in a polyatomic system extends over...The concept of a molecular orbital is readily extended to provide a description of the electronic structure of a polyatomic molecule. In general a molecular orbital in a polyatomic system extends over all the nuclei in a molecule and it is essential, if we are to understand and predict the spatial properties of the orbitals, that we make use of the symmetry properties possessed by the nuclear framework.
The concept of a molecular orbital is readily extended to provide a description of the electronic structure of a polyatomic molecule. In general a molecular orbital in a polyatomic system extends over...The concept of a molecular orbital is readily extended to provide a description of the electronic structure of a polyatomic molecule. In general a molecular orbital in a polyatomic system extends over all the nuclei in a molecule and it is essential, if we are to understand and predict the spatial properties of the orbitals, that we make use of the symmetry properties possessed by the nuclear framework.
