Bonding

notes by Thomas A. Albright

 

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The list below will give the vast majority of the cases.

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Notes in PDF format

Chapter 1   (243 KB)
Chapter 2   (139 KB)
Chapter 3   (126 KB)
Chapter 4   (1.2 MB)
Chapter 5   (150 KB)
Chapter 6   (352 KB)
Chapter 7   (579 MB)
Chapter 8   (355 KB)
Chapter 9   (395 KB)
Chapter 10   (348 KB)
Chapter 11   (843 KB)
Chapter 12   (246 KB)
Chapter 13   (586 KB)
Chapter 14   (246 KB)
Chapter 15   (144 KB)
Chapter 16   (279 KB)
Chapter 17   (749 KB)
Chapter 18   (1.2 MB)
Chapter 19  (2.08 MB)

Group and Tables  (87 KB)
Normal Modes  (143 KB)

Problem Set 2   (692 KB)
Problem Set 3   (1061 KB)
Problem Set 4  (868 KB)

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Atomic and Molecular Orbitals

Chapter 2. The Two Orbital Problem

Chapter 3. Perturbational Molecular Orbital Theory

Chapter 4. Group Theory

Chapter 5. Orbital Interactions

Chapter 6. Diatomics

Chapter 7. Molecular Orbitals and Geometric Perturbation

Chapter 8. MO's of Small Building Blocks

Chapter 9. Hypervalent Molecules

Chapter 10. Octahedral Complexes

Chapter 11. ML4 and Electron Counting

Chapter 12. ML5 Complexes

Chapter 13. C2vML3, ML4, and ML2

Chapter 14. ML3 and MCp Fragments

Chapter 15. The Isolobal Analogy

Chapter 16. Clusters

Chapter 17. Solid State Part A

Chapter 18. Solid State Part B

Chapter 19. Solid State Part C and Some Surfaces

Appendix 1. Some Normal Modes

Problem Set 2


Problem Set 3

Problem Set 4