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What type of orbital destabilizes a molecule?
In which type of molecule do orbitals have the same energy level?
What phenomenon occurs when a material is repelled by a magnetic field?
What model describes the changes in atomic orbitals when forming a covalent compound?
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What type of bond has electron density found on opposite sides of the internuclear axis?
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Which type of bond is formed by the side-by-side overlap of atomic orbitals?
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How many orbitals are involved in sp2 hybridization?
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What is the name given to the antibonding molecular orbital formed by out-of-phase overlap of atomic orbitals along the axis of the bond?
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How many hybrid orbitals are present in sp3d2 hybridization?
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What is the main feature of a π bonding orbital molecular orbital?
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In valence bond theory, what type of bond is formed when atomic orbitals overlap along an axis containing the nuclei?
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How many hybrid orbitals are present in sp3d hybridization?
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What type of bonding molecular orbital results from in-phase combinations of atomic wave functions?
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Which type of bond involves the side-by-side overlap of unhybridized orbitals?
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What is the consequence of electrons occupying antibonding molecular orbitals?
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Describe the difference between a σ bond and a π bond in terms of electron density.
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Explain how hybrid orbitals are used to describe the electron density around covalently bonded atoms.
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What is the key difference between bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals?
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How are π orbitals different from σ MOs in terms of orientation and electron density?
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Explain how resonance affects the placement of π bonds in a molecule.
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