Molecular Orbital. Molecular orbital describes the region having the highest probability of finding an electron of a molecule. Mulliken in 1932 as an abbreviation for one electron orbital wave function.
Molecular orbitals are obtained by combining the atomic orbitals on the atoms in the molecule. At an elementary level it is used to describe the region of space in which the function has a sig. The term orbital was introduced by robert s.
One of the molecular orbitals in this molecule is constructed by adding the mathematical functions for the two 1 s atomic orbitals that come together to form this molecule.
A molecule must have as many molecular orbitals as there are atomic orbitals. The molecular orbital theory often abbreviated to mot is a theory on chemical bonding developed at the beginning of the twentieth century by f. A molecule must have as many molecular orbitals as there are atomic orbitals. Mulliken in 1932 as an abbreviation for one electron orbital wave function.