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    This document provides an overview of molecular orbital (MO) theory and valence bond (VB) theory as applied to polyatomic molecules like H2O and CO2. It includes questions about identifying the bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals in H2O and CO2, explaining the bent geometry of H2O using MO theory, constructing and comparing the MO and VB diagrams for CO2, and explaining electron pair addition reactions in H2O and BH3-NH3 adduct formation using MO theory.

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    This document provides an overview of molecular orbital (MO) theory and valence bond (VB) theory as applied to polyatomic molecules like H2O and CO2. It includes questions about identifying the bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals in H2O and CO2, explaining the bent geometry of H2O using MO theory, constructing and comparing the MO and VB diagrams for CO2, and explaining electron pair addition reactions in H2O and BH3-NH3 adduct formation using MO theory.

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    CM1101 Mass Tutorial 3

    MO Polyatomics and VB-MO Theory

    1. Indicate which MO the description refers to.

    i. The antibonding MO in linear H2O. Answer:

    ii. The ‘added’ bonding MO in bent H2O. Answer:

    iii. H2O's highest energy MO. Answer:

    iv. Responsible for Lewis acid behavior of H2O. Answer:

    2. Explain why H2O has a bent geometry using MO theory.

    3. Construct the MO diagram and VB-MO diagram for CO2. Contrast these 2 theories
    with regard to predicting the:
    - HOMO and LUMO.
    Is the HOMO the same type of orbital (bonding, antibonding or non-bonding) in
    both diagrams?
    Is the LUMO the same type of orbital (bonding, antibonding or non-bonding) in
    both diagrams?
    - number of many bands you would observe in their photoelectron spectrum (not
    including removal of non-valence electrons).

    4. Explain what happens when an electron pair is added to H2O.

    5. Explain using MO theory why BH3 forms an adduct with NH3 rather than
    dissociating and producing H+ ions.

    E. Tan
    Sem 1 10/11

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