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JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Theresa Julia Zielinski Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898
sp3d n-Orbital Hybrids and Molecular Geometry by Mark Ellison, Department of Chemistry, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 45501;
[email protected] angular part of these orbitals. After gaining experience with graphing these orbitals, students should be able to visualize these hybrid orbitals and the resulting molecular geometries. Some introductory material is presented followed by exercises. The answers included in the document can be deleted when faculty use this document with students.
File Names: SpdOrbitalHybrids.mcd and SpdOrbitalHybrids.pdf Keywords: Physical Chemistry, Upper Division Undergraduate, Quantum Chemistry, Computer-Based Learning, Mathematics/ Symbolic Mathematics Requires Mathcad 11 or higher.
This document is designed to allow students to explore interactively the hybrid orbitals that give rise to the following molecular geometries: octahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, square planar, and square pyramidal. The linear combinations of solutions to the Schrödinger equation are used to construct hybrid orbitals from s, p, and d orbitals. The exercises in this Mathcad template will introduce students to the graphical representations of complex hybrid orbitals, specifically the
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The angular parts of |⌿|2 that arise from spd atomic orbital hybridization.
Vol. 81 No. 10 October 2004
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