EXPLAINING THE GEOMETRY OF SIMPLE MOLECULES USING MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGY-LEVEL DIAGRAMS BUILT BY USING SYMMETRY PRINCIPLES

• Published in: Química Nova Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 587 - 593
• Main Authors: Sérgio P. Machado, Roberto B. Faria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química
• Subjects: group theory; molecular geometry; molecular orbitals; symmetry

The built of qualitative energy-level molecular diagrams for different geometries of simple molecules allow to explain the preferred geometry. The diagrams are built using simple symmetry principles and explain, on basis of the number of nonbonding electrons, for example, why the molecule of water i...