Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
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Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
HOMO and LUMO
The highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals, which together govern a molecule's reactivity and spectroscopy.
Chemical Bonding & Molecular StructureHybridisation
The mixing of atomic orbitals on the same atom to form an equal number of new, equivalent orbitals suited to bonding.
Chemical Bonding & Molecular StructureHydrogen Bond
A strong dipole interaction between a hydrogen atom bonded to N, O or F and a lone pair on another such atom.