Chapter 14, Problem 51E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The type of molecular orbital that would result from the combination of given two $d_{xz}$ along the $x$ axis needs to be determined.

Concept introduction: The formation of molecular orbital takes place by mathematical combination of wave functions of atomic orbitals possessing nearly same energies of the atoms involved in bond formation. The number of molecular orbitals formed are always equal to the number of atomic orbitals involved. Thus, the orbitals which have lower energies compared to atomic orbitals are bonding orbital and those which have higher energies compared to atomic orbitals are antibonding orbitals.