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chemical bonding
[OP] if we talk about the p orbitals in carbon, 3 s-p bonds are formed, hydrogen(s) to carbon(p), p orbital usually consists of 2 lobes, one lobe forms a bond with hydrogen, what does the other one do?...
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Are there bonds which share single electron?
In the molecule $\ce{B2H6}$, the center of the molecule is a square with two $\ce{B}$ atoms and two $\ce{H}$ atoms. The four sides of the square are made of one-electron bonds B·H
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Are there bonds which share single electron?
There are limited examples of one-electron bonds but are interesting enough to be studied. The most simple molecule with a single-electron bond has already been mentioned by "user7951" in ...
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MO energy of p-orbitals with different substituents
The intramolecular mixing from the oxygen non-bonding ($n_{OH}$) orbital in the carbocation into the empty $p$-orbital IS stabilizing and lowers its energy! That's the oxocarbenium cation! But it does ...
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MO energy of p-orbitals with different substituents
Two possible ways to approach this:
System stability is effectively determined by the stabilization of electrons. But if the orbital is empty, there is no direct stabilization. But if the system is ...
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What do the subscripts of orbitals represent?
They refer to the Cartesian polynomial expressions for the real spherical harmonics that express the angular dependence of the orbital. See for instance the table of such functions on Wikipedia
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