Index

A

Ammonia
MO diagram, 91
Asymmetry, 14
Atomic orbitals
as basis set, 22, 80
symmetry, central, 81, 87, 90, 101
atom, 102, 111
Axis
alternating, 8
improper, 8, 14
rotation, 4, 14
three-fold, 4

B

Basis set
definition, 20
Beer-Lambert law, 152
Bending vectors, 40, 57, 63
Bond polarity, 77
Borane
MO diagram, 90

C

Character Tables
definition, 23, 26
selected tables, 218
Charge-transfer bands, 156
Chirality, 14
CFSE, 104, 106
Configuration, 133, 148, 150
Crystal field theory, 98, 103

D

Degeneracy, 28
d-d Spectra
high spin, 157
low spin, 162
tetrahedral complex, 160
Descending symmetry, 164
Diborane
MO diagram, 95
SALCs, 94
Direct product, 121, 127, 140
Dissymmetry, 14

E

Electron-deficient molecules, 94
Enantiomer, 14

F

Ferrocene ...

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