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Ch.9 - Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories

Chapter 9, Problem 112a

The energy-level diagram in Figure 9.36 shows that the sideways overlap of a pair of p orbitals produces two molecular orbitals, one bonding and one antibonding. In ethylene there is a pair of electrons in the bonding π orbital between the two carbons. Absorption of a photon of the appropriate wavelength can result in promotion of one of the bonding electrons from the p2p to the p*2p molecular orbital. (a) Assuming this electronic transition corresponds to the HOMO-LUMO transition, what is the HOMO in ethylene?

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