How many types of bonds are there in molecular orbitals?
1 Answer
Apr 18, 2018
You might need to rephrase the question....to a first approx. there are three types of orbital in
Explanation:
A bonding molecular orbital consists of a region of high electron-density BETWEEN bound atoms such that electron cloud-nucleus interaction is maximized, and a net attractive force results. A non-bonding molecular orbital, i.e. a lone pair orbital, is an orbital where the electron density is located away from an atom-atom vector. And an anti-bonding orbital, the which are rarely filled, consists of electron density AWAY from the atom-atom vector.
