Module 2 : Molecular Structure
Lecture 7 : Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
 
   Objectives
   In this lecture you will learn the following
Definition of a molecular orbital and the construction of molecular orbitals from linear
  combinations of atomic orbitals.
   

Contour diagrams of and orbitals of H2+

   
Electronic configurations of homonuclear diatiomics.
   

Energy level diagrams for homonuclear diatomics.

   

The binding energy of a homonuclear diatomic as a function of the internuclear distance.

   

Schrödinger equation for diatomics.

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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