12th Edition

ISBN: 9781118875766

Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

Publisher: WILEY

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Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Valence Bond Theory

Quantum mechanical treatment of valence bond theory refers to the relationship established between the quantum mechanical theory and the valence bond theory to describe the chemical bonding in a particular molecule.

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Chapter 1, Problem 44P

Consider a chemical species like the one in the previous problem in which a carbon atom forms three single bonds to three hydrogen atoms, but in which the carbon atom possesses an unshared electron pair. (a) What formal charge would the carbon atom have? (b) What total charge would the species have? (c) What shape would you expect this species to have? (d) What would you expect the hybridization state of the carbon atom to be?

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Chapter 1 Solutions

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