Orbitals
Find these readings by topic
This earlier reading list remains available with its complete tasks. The current book places these resources in the following topic chapters:
- Atoms, electrons, and periodic patterns →
Use spectra, electron configurations and electrostatic reasoning to explain atomic identity and periodic patterns.
- Bonds and molecular shape →
Connect bonding interactions to electron bookkeeping, molecular geometry and the direction of a molecular dipole.
Intro to Orbitals · Advanced Electron Configurations · Orbital Hybridization · Molecular Orbital Theory
Chemistry I · original Chapter 5 · combined Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Orbitals
You know chemicals bond using their valence electrons, but where do the rest of the electrons hide? Past there, what kind of path do these valence electrons have? The answer lies in orbitals.
