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Offline Winga

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Complex: MO & hybridization
« on: September 28, 2005, 08:39:18 AM »
When using MO theory to explain the bonding properties of a complex, on metal side, should we use atomic orbitals or hybridized atomic orbitals?

Which one is better?
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Re:Complex: MO & hybridization
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 02:31:05 PM »
One is an underestimate of the energy, the other is an overestimate. Ask a professor which one they prefer.
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