Asymmetric orbitals

Suppose instead of atomic orbitals (say H atom Is orbitals in the simplest case) a on proton a and - b on proton by one formed asymmetric orbitals a + Atj>b, 0 < A < 1 and [Pg.210]

The pattern of the two singly occupied orbitals of the triplet, ip and %p2, (SOMOs) are shown in Figure 3. They have intermediate characters between Jt and diradicalar bonding. The lowest one shows an overlap in the half space under the surface. The a component of the highest one looks like an asymmetric orbital with a larger density in the external region whereas the component is more similar to a orbital. 

Figure 10.13 Schematic illustration of interaction of atomic orbital with metal surface group orbital local density of states. Metal orbitals are constructed from one s-atomic orbital per atom, a is adsorbate orbital energy with asymmetric orbital symmetry with respect to surface normal, is adsorbate orbitals with symmetric orbital symmetry. The drawn LDOS fi E) lines correspond to metal surface group orbital densities...

If one s orbital and one p orbital (or Py or p J from the same shell are superposed, two new asymmetric AOs are formed, which point along the x-axis in the positive and negative directions. One s and two p orbitals from the same shell (p, and Py, for example) form three new, asymmetric orbitals in the xy plane, directed with 120° between them. Finally, if one s orbital and all three p orbitals are combined, four new AOs are formed, pointing into the comers of a tetrahedron. 

The original degeneracy is lifted by the presence of the metal surface and the resulting surface symmetry electron density of states is sketched in Fig. 33 c (the figure is the result of a Bethe lattice approximation calculation). It is essential to consider this lifting of degeneracy and the creation of asymmetric orbital combinations, since some authors, e.g., Banholzer et al. [100], have erroneously ignored this. As a result,... 

The FMO coefficients also allow cpralitative prediction of the kinetically controlled regioselectivity, which needs to be considered for asymmetric dienes in combination with asymmetric dienophiles (A and B in Scheme 1.1). There is a preference for formation of a o-bond between the termini with the most extreme orbital coefficients ... 

From the ground to an excited electronic state the electron promotion involved is likely to be to a less strongly bonding orbital, leading to an increase in molecular size and a decrease in rotational constants. The effect on the rotational fine structure is to degrade it to low wavenumber to give a strongly asymmetrical structure, unlike the symmetrical structure typical of vibrational transitions. 

FIGURE 5. Symmetry-adapted combinations of two Is hydrogen AOs (labelled symmetric or asymmetric with respect to the plane perpendicular to the HSH plane) and of the p orbitals of oxygens, where the labels are with respect to planes CSC and... 

Classify each PO or SAC as asymmetric (A) or symmetric (S) with respect to a given symmetry element, according to whether the orbital changes sign or not across that symmetry element. 

Aryl vinyl sulphones, reactions of 646 Aryl vinyl sulphoxides 620 optical resolution of 287 reactions of 354, 355, 360, 361, 621 Asscher-Vofsi reaction 189 Asymmetric induction 625 Asymmetric oxidation 72-78 Asymmetric reduction 78, 79 Asymmetric synthesis 824-846 Atomic orbitals 2, 3 Azetidinones 790, 791 ot-Azidoaldehydes, synthesis of 811 Azidosulphones, photolysis of 883, 884 Azosulphones, photolysis of 879 Azoxysulphones, photolysis of 879 1-Azulyl sulphoxides, synthesis of 265... 

The asymmetric induction that has been observed in this reaction can be explained in terms of the model shown in Scheme 9. In the most stable conformation the appropriately positioned phenyl group shields selectively the Re,Re face of the chromadiene by 7r,7r-orbital overlap forcing the nucleophile to attack preferentially on the opposite side. 

Unsaturated organic molecules, such as ethylene, can be chemisorbed on transition metal surfaces in two ways, namely in -coordination or di-o coordination. As shown in Fig. 2.24, the n type of bonding of ethylene involves donation of electron density from the doubly occupied n orbital (which is o-symmetric with respect to the normal to the surface) to the metal ds-hybrid orbitals. Electron density is also backdonated from the px and dM metal orbitals into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the ethylene molecule, which is the empty asymmetric 71 orbital. The corresponding overall interaction is relatively weak, thus the sp2 hybridization of the carbon atoms involved in the ethylene double bond is retained. 

Summary.—The assumption that atomic nuclei consist of closely packed spherons (aggregates of neutrons and protons in localized Is orbitals—mainly helions and tritions) in concentric layers leads to a simple derivation of a subsubshell occupancy diagram for nucleons and a simple explanation of magic numbers. Application of the close-packed-spheron model of the nucleus to other problems, including that of asymmetric fission, will be published later.13... 

The orbital mixing theory was developed by Inagaki and Fukui [1] to predict the direction of nonequivalent orbital extension of plane-asymmetric olefins and to understand the n facial selectivity. The orbital mixing rules were successfully apphed to understand diverse chemical phenomena [2] and to design n facial selective Diels-Alder reactions [28-34], The applications to the n facial selectivities of Diels-Alder reactions are reviewed by Ishida and Inagaki elesewhere in this volume. Ohwada [26, 27, 35, 36] proposed that the orbital phase relation between the reaction sites and the groups in their environment could control the n facial selectivities and review the orbital phase environments and the selectivities elsewhere in this volume. Here, we review applications of the orbital mixing rules to the n facial selectivities of reactions other than the Diels-Alder reactions. 

Inagaki, Fujimoto and Fukui demonstrated that ir-facial selectivity in the Diels-Alder reaction of 5-acetoxy- and 5-chloro-l,3-cyclopentadienes, 1 and 2, can be explained in terms of deformation of a frontier molecular orbital FMO [2], The orbital mixing rule was proposed to predict the nonequivalent orbital deformation due to asymmetric perturbation of the substituent orbital (Chapter Orbital Mixing Rules by Inagaki in this volume). 

In an effort to better understand the differences observed upon substitution in carvone possible changes in valence electron density produced by inductive effects, and so on, were investigated [38, 52]. A particularly pertinent way to probe for this in the case of core ionizations is by examining shifts in the core electron-binding energies (CEBEs). These respond directly to increase or decrease in valence electron density at the relevant site. The CEBEs were therefore calculated for the C=0 C 1 orbital, and also the asymmetric carbon atom, using Chong s AEa s method [75-77] with a relativistic correction [78]. 

Figure 19. Camphor outer-valence orbitals generated from a HF/cc-pVDZ calculation. The (R)- enantiomer is oriented with its carbonyl group toward bottom left in the figure. The two stereogenic centers (asymmetric carbons) in the molecule are indicated by arrows.

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