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An orbital is a one-electron wavefunction, usually derived by solving the Schrodinger equation. This tag applies to questions about all forms of orbitals; additionally, questions about the construction and properties of molecular orbitals should be tagged with [molecular-orbital-theory].
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Do hybrid orbitals exist in unbonded molecules? What would they look like?
, the ground state of a neutral carbon atom could be notated as:
$$ [\ce{He}] \underset{\ce{2s}}{[\uparrow \downarrow]} \underset{\ce{2p}}{[\uparrow \vert \uparrow \vert \; \;]} $$
I know $\ce{s}$ orbitals … So do hybrid orbitals exist in unbonded molecules? What would they look like?
I think this would have interesting results for collisions between atoms and how probable certain reactions are. …
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What are the molecular orbitals shaped like in diberyllium (mono)cation?
I think one way of describing the result is that the bond in $\ce{Be^+_2}$? cation is a resonance hybrid of two possible pi bonds. Each pi bond has a bond order of 1 so the resonance hybrid structure …
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How are the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen atom in the ammonium ion?
Naively attaching hydrogens to a nitrogen atom's electron orbitals results in a picture like this:
However, there are two problems with this drawing that I can see. … Second, while I have drawn each of the hydrogens attaching to different external orbital I don't actually know which orbitals the hydrogens would attach to or why. …
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Can orbitals in atoms be compressed?
carbon tetrafluoride, carbon can "expand" to a more energetic electron configuration similar to:
$$ \underset{3s}{[\uparrow]} \underset{3p}{[\uparrow \vert \uparrow \vert \uparrow ]} $$
Although these orbitals … underset{3p}{[\uparrow \vert \uparrow \vert \uparrow ] }$$
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$$ \underset{3s}{[\uparrow \downarrow]} \underset{3p}{[\uparrow \downarrow \vert \uparrow \vert \; \; ] }$$
Looking at the geometry of p orbitals …