Forcefields to model organic molecules commonly employ harmonic potentials. (i) Justify, mathematically, the use of a harmonic potential to describe the stretching of covalent bond. (ii) Describe another higher-order polynomial description of the stretching of a covalent bond. (iii) If you want to describe bond stretching far away from the equilibrium, what other potential function would you employ? Describe its advantages and disadvantages compared with the simpler harmonic potential.
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Forcefields to model organic molecules commonly employ harmonic potentials.
(i) Justify, mathematically, the use of a harmonic potential to describe the stretching of
covalent bond.
(ii) Describe another higher-order polynomial description of the stretching of a
covalent bond.
(iii) If you want to describe bond stretching far away from the equilibrium, what other
potential function would you employ? Describe its advantages and disadvantages
compared with the simpler harmonic potential.
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