H2 Molecular Orbital Diagram. This tool is very well suited for simple diatomic molecules such as dihydrogen dioxygen and carbon monoxide but becomes more complex when discussing even comparatively simple polyatomic molecules such as methane. Chemical bonding chemical bonding molecular orbitals of h2 and he2.
The libretexts libraries are powered by mindtouch and are supported by the department of education open textbook pilot project the uc davis office of the provost the uc davis library the california state university affordable learning solutions program and merlot. This tool is very well suited for simple diatomic molecules such as dihydrogen dioxygen and carbon monoxide but becomes more complex when discussing even comparatively simple polyatomic molecules such as methane. The procedure can be introduced by considering the h2 molecule.
H2 molecular orbital diagram.
The procedure can be introduced by considering the h2 molecule. A molecular orbital diagram or mo diagram is a qualitative descriptive tool explaining chemical bonding in molecules in terms of molecular orbital theory in general and the linear combination of atomic orbitals lcao molecular orbital method in particular the hydrogen molecule ion h2 molecular orbital diagrams of diatomic molecules chem. Its molecular orbitals are constructed from the valence shell orbitals of each hydrogen atom which are the 1s orbitals of the atoms. 4 points e ho h.
