hybridization
mixing of different types of atomic orbitals to produce a set of equivalent hybrid orbitals
trigonal bipyramidal
5 bonding domains, 0 nonbonding
diamagnetism
type of magnetism that causes a substance with no unpaired electrons to be weakly repelled from a magnetic field
bent
2 bonding domains, 1 or 2 nonbonding
angstrom
unit of metric measurement equal to 1x10-10m, often used to measure atomic distance, Å
tetrahedral
4 bonding domains, 0 nonbonding
molecular orbital theory
theory that accounts for the allowed states for electrons in molecules
square pyramidal
5 bonding domains, 1 nonbonding
VSEPR theory
a model that accounts for the geometric arrangements of shared and unshared electron pairs around a central atom in terms of the repulsions between electron pairs
T-shaped
3 bonding domains, 2 nonbonding
bonding molecular orbital
molecular orbital in which electron density s concentrated in the internuclear region, σ and π
square planar
4 bonding domains, 2 nonbonding
equatorial bond
three electron domains that come off an atom with five total domains with a bond angle of 120°
trigonal pyramidal
3 bonding domains, 1 nonbonding
bond order equation
(1⁄2)(MO-MO*)
molecular orbital diagram
diagram that shows the energies of molecular orbitals relative to the atomic orbitals from which they are derived
bonding pair
pair of electrons that are shared by two atoms
pi bond
covalent bond in which electron density is concentrated above and below the line joining the bonded atoms, π bond
valence-bond theory
model of chemical bonding in which an electron-pair bond is formed between two atoms by the overlap of orbitals on the two atoms
trigonal planar
3 bonding domains, 0 nonbonding
molecular orbital
an allowed state for an electron in a molecule, MO
paramagnetism
property a substance possesses if it contains one or more unpaired electron, will be drawn into a magnetic field
nonbonding pair
pair of electrons assigned completely to one atom; also called a lone pair
sigma bond
covalent bond in which electron density is concentrated along the internuclear axis, σ bond
octahedral
6 bonding domains, 0 nonbonding
electron domain
regions around a central atom where electrons are likely to be found
bond order
half the difference of the number of electrons in bonding orbitals and the number of electrons in nonbonding orbitals
seesaw
4 bonding domains, 1 nonbonding
antibonding molecular orbital
molecular orbital in which electron density is concentrated outside the region between the two nuclei of bonded atoms, σ* and π*
axial bond
two electron domains that come off an atom with five total domains with a bond angle of 180°
linear
2 bonding domains, 0 or 3 nonbonding
hybrid orbital
orbital that results from the mixing of different kinds of atomic orbitals in the same atom