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Why do sp³ orbitals have tetrahedral symmetry when they are linear combinations of orbitals with octahedral symmetry?
Since I understood it myself in the end, here a bit more about my thought process:
Of course, a cube contains a tetrahedron! You can find an interactive visualization of it here: https://cindyjs.org/...
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