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Summary for Week 10

Reading in Levine: Chapter 19

Homework problems

Hand in on Friday, April 3: 2 problems concerning spin and the symmetry of wavefunctions; term symbol chart for C: (1s)²(2s)²(2p)²

Hand in on Monday, April 6: Levine 18.41, 18.44, 19.11, 19.12, 19.20

Key Concepts

Atomic term symbols and selection rules

Review of bonding concepts

Born-Oppenheimer approximation

H₂⁺ the simplest molecule

Molecular orbital theory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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