Hcl Molecular Orbital Diagram. The s orbitals for the 3 hydrogens are used to set up the sigma and anti bonding combinations of n sp 3 orbitals and the h 1s orbitals. A molecular orbital diagram or mo diagram is a qualitative descriptive tool explaining chemical bonding in molecules in terms of molecular orbital theory in general and the linear combination of atomic orbitals lcao method in particular.
The s orbitals for the 3 hydrogens are used to set up the sigma and anti bonding combinations of n sp 3 orbitals and the h 1s orbitals. Photoelectron spectroscopy provides useful information on the energies of atomic orbitals. The white and grey line visible in some mos is the molecular axis passing through the nuclei.
C an example is oxygen molecule.
The 3p electrons of cl have comparable energy with the h electron and therefore are allowed to mix. The left column shows mos which are occupied in the ground state with the lowest energy orbital at the top. Here is a useful mo diagram of hcl found on the internet. The 3p electrons of cl have comparable energy with the h electron and therefore are allowed to mix.