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Quark
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20 years old
Birthday:
July 12, 1991
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Queens
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African cichlids, dart frogs, soccer
College Major/Degree:
Biology
Favorite Area of Science:
Biology
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  1. Molecular Orbital Diagram help

    9 September 2011 - 10:46 PM

    I am pretty good at drawing MO diagrams when they are simple. For instance, I can start from 1s and go up to, say, 2p and draw everything in (e- in proper location). If it said something like, "Draw the MO diagram of N2" or NO- I'd be able to do it very easily.

    Despite this, I get very confused when it throws in hybrid orbitals. For example, if the question says,

    "Using an sp3 orbital on carbon and a p orbital on Fluorine, construct the MO energy diagram"

    I don't understand this, because isn't Fluorine in CH3F also sp3 hybridized? It has 3 lone pairs and a carbon next to it, yeah? "4 groups". But is it asking for a hybridized orbital of the F, or just one of the 3 p orbitals? Even so-----I wouldn't know how to draw the diagram for this. If it asked me to draw the structure of the compound with its hybrid orbitals shown, I'd be able to do it easily. But, in the "step" diagram, if you will, I am completely thrown off. How would you do this? Sorry if this is a confusing question!

    THANKS!

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