Molecular Orbital Theory
A 20-module path through molecular orbital theory, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The LCAO Approximation
- The Hydrogen Molecule Ion H2+ as the Reference System
- H2+ Molecular Orbitals: Bonding and Antibonding
- Coulomb, Resonance, and Overlap Integrals
- MO Energy Levels and the Secular Equation
- Sigma and Pi Molecular Orbitals and Symmetry Labels
- Bond Order and Bond Stabilization
- Homonuclear Diatomics: MO Diagrams for Li2 to F2
- s-p Mixing in Second-Row Diatomics
- Magnetic Properties and Ground-State Configurations
- Heteronuclear Diatomics: HF and CO
- MO Polarity and Electronegativity
- Molecular Orbitals of Polyatomic Molecules
- Walsh Diagrams and Molecular Shape
- Huckel Theory: Assumptions and Framework
- Huckel Treatment of Ethylene and Butadiene
- Delocalization Energy and Conjugation
- Huckel Treatment of Benzene
- Aromaticity and the 4n+2 Rule
- Frontier Orbitals: HOMO and LUMO