Pauling hybridization model
Is the C atom in methane sp3 hybridized because it’s tetrahedral or is it tetrahedral because it’s sp3 hybridized? It’s funny how many students think to this date that the correct answer is the latter;...
View ArticleRank your QM knowledge according to Pauli’s Exclusion Principle
Pauli’s Exclusion Principle is a paramount concept in Quantum Mechanics which has implications from statistical mechanics to quantum chemistry, consequently, there are many different statements to...
View ArticleAll you wanted to know about Hybrid Orbitals…
… but were afraid to ask or How I learned to stop worrying and not caring that much about hybridization. The math behind orbital hybridization is fairly simple as I’ll try to show below, but first let...
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