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Do SALC-AOs really belong to their symmetry species?
I'm working through a molecular symmetry textbook and something keeps nagging at me. If I derive the SALC-AOs for NH3 (using the projection operator method), I'll get
A1: $ \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(\...
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Why sigma bond has C2 symmetry not C∞?
I have seen some books indicated sigma bond has C2 symmetry. I understand pi and delta bond change their signs about C2 and C4 rotation about bond axis, but I don't understand why sigma bond has C2 ...
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What kind of bonds can form between benzene and transition metals in π-complexes?
I'm trying to draw the six π-orbitals (3 bonding, which are filled, and 3 anti-bonding) of a benzene ring when it complexes with metal d-orbitals and which metal orbitals have the correct symmetry ($\...
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Why does symmetry have to be maintained in molecular orbitals?
Using the example of $\ce{XeF4}$:
What is the physical explanation enforcing the symmetry of the $\ce{1b_{1g}}$ orbital on the fluorine atoms? Why isn't the symmetry of a nonbonding orbital arbitrary?...
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