Chapter 9 - Covalent Bonding: Orbitals

MO1

MO1

________ is lower in energy than the 1s orbitals of free hydrogen atoms, while MO2 is higher in energy than the 1s orbitals.

Diamagnetism

________ causes the substance to be repelled from the inducing magnetic field.

Paramagnetism

________ causes the substance to be attracted into the inducing magnetic field.

definite correlations

There are ________ between bond order, bond energy, and bond length.

D2 sp3 hybridization

________ gives six orbitals arranged octahedrally.

oxygens paramagnetism

The molecular orbital model correctly predicts ________, while the localized electron model predicts a diamagnetic molecule.

molecular orbital

The ________ containing the bonding electron pair shows greater electron probability close to the fluorine.

Hybridization

________ is a modification of the localized electron model to account for the observation that atoms often seem to use special atomic orbitals in forming molecules.