Chapter 9, Problem 106CP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The bonding in benzoic acid is to be described by using the localized electron model combined with the molecular orbital model.

Concept introduction: Localized electron model is described as a model that assumes that a molecule is composed of atoms which are bounded together by sharing electron pairs using the atomic orbitals of the bound atoms and the molecular orbital model shows molecule as a collection of nuclei and electrons where the electrons are assumed to occupy orbitals as in atoms but having the orbitals extend over the entire molecule.

To determine: The bonding in benzoic acid using the localized electron model combined with the molecular orbital model.