Chapter 10 - Chemical Bonding II
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VB theory
________ uses hypothetical hybrid orbitals to explain methane bonding.
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electron density
The ________ in a sigma molecular orbital is focused symmetrically along a line connecting the two nuclei of the bonding atoms.
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dipole moments
Because they lack ________, nonpolar molecules are nonpolar.
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covalent link
A pi bond is a(n) ________ produced by sideways overlapping orbitals with electron density concentrated above and below the plane of the connecting atoms 'nucleus.
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Polar molecules
________ are diatomic compounds with dipole moments that comprise atoms of various elements (for example, HCl, CO, and NO)
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molecular orbitals
The sum of all the electrons on the bonding atoms equals the number of electrons in the ________.
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total number of atomic orbitals
The ________ formed is always equal to the total number of molecular orbitals formed.
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number of electrons
The ________ in bonding molecular orbitals is always greater than that in antibonding molecular orbitals in a stable molecule.
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covalent bonds
The molecular orbital theory defines ________ in terms of molecular orbitals, which are associated with the entire molecule and result from the interaction of the atomic orbitals of the bonding atoms.
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electron density
The ________ is concentrated above and below a line connecting the two nuclei of the bonding atoms in a pi molecular orbital.