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| Description of Orbitals
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| Nonbonding MOsHold the lone-pair electrons |
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| Here, both no and n’o are non-bonding MOs. Careful examination would reveal that the lower lying NBMO is alligned along the C-O bond while the higher lying is perpendicular, but in the plane of the molecule. These NBMOs are therefore not of same energy (non-degenerate). |
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