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The characteristic feature of valence bond theory is that it pictures a covalent bond between two atoms in terms of an m phase overlap of a half filled orbital of one atom with a half filled orbital of the other illustrated for the case of H2 m Figure 2 3 Two hydrogen atoms each containing an electron m a Is orbital combine so that their orbitals overlap to give a new orbital associated with both of them In phase orbital overlap (con structive interference) increases the probability of finding an electron m the region between the two nuclei where it feels the attractive force of both of them... 

A vexing puzzle m the early days of valence bond theory concerned the fact that methane is CH4 and that the four bonds to carbon are directed toward the corners of a tetrahedron Valence bond theory is based on the overlap of half filled orbitals of the connected atoms but with an electron configuration of s 2s 2p 2py carbon has only two half filled orbitals (Figure 2 8a) How can it have bonds to four hydrogens ... 

Valence bond and molecular orbital theory both incorporate the wave description of an atom s electrons into this picture of H2, but in somewhat different ways. Both assume that electron waves behave like more familiar waves, such as sound and light waves. One important property of waves is called interference in physics. Constructive interference occurs when two waves combine so as to reinforce each other (in phase) destructive interference occurs when they oppose each other (out of phase) (Figure 2.2). Recall from Section 1.1 that electron waves in atoms are characterized by then- wave function, which is the same as an orbital. For an electron in the most stable state of a hydrogen atom, for example, this state is defined by the I5 wave function and is often called the I5 orbital. The valence bond model bases the connection between two atoms on the overlap between half-filled orbitals of the two atoms. The molecular orbital model assembles a set of molecular- orbitals by combining the atomic orbitals of all of the atoms in the molecule. 

As heavier analogs of carbenes141) stannylenes can be used as ligands in transition-metal chemistry. The stability of carbene complexes is often explained by a synergetic c,7t-effect cr-donation from the lone electron pair of the carbon atom to the metal is compensated by a a-backdonation from filled orbitals of the metal to the empty p-orbital of the carbon atom. This concept cannot be transferred to stannylene complexes. Stannylenes are poor p-a-acceptors no base-stabilized stannylene (SnX2 B, B = electron donor) has ever been found to lose its base when coordinated with a transition metal (M - SnXj B). Up to now, stannylene complexes of transition metals were only synthesized starting from stable monomoleeular stannylenes. Divalent tin compounds are nevertheless efficient cr-donors as may be deduced from the displacement reactions (17)-(20) which open convenient routes to stannylene complexes. 

Reactions of eh with H and OH were once considered diffusion-controlled see, however, Elliot et al. (1990). The rate constants, 2.5—3.0 x 1010 M-1s 1 (see Table 6.6), are high. In both cases, a vacancy exists in the partially filled orbitals of the reactants into which the electron can jump. Thus, hydrogen formation by the reaction eh + H may be visualized in two steps (Hart and Anbar, 1970) eh + H—H, followed by H + H20— OH" This reaction has no isotope effect, which is consistent with the proposed mechanism. The rate of reaction with OH is obtained from the eh decay curve at pH 10.5 in the absence of dissolved hydrogen or oxygen, where computer analysis is required to take into account some residual reactions. At higher pH (>13), OH exists as O- and the rate of eh + O—"02 has been measured as 2.2 x 1010 M-1s-1. 

It should be recognized that the stability of cation radicals generated by anodic oxidation is also affected by jS-silyl substitution. Stabilization of car-bocations by a silyl group situated at the -position is well known as the / effect . The interaction of the C Si a orbital with the empty p orbital of the carbon stabilizes the carbocation. Therefore, we can expect similar effects of silicon for cation radical species. The interaction of the filled C-Si a orbital with the half-filled orbital of the carbon may stabilize the cation radical. 

Fig. 11.23). Examples of ligands capable of each type are shown in Table II.II. In principle, either the ligand or the metal can function as the electron donor. Filled metal d orbitals can donate electron density to an empty orbital on the ligand, or an empty d orbital on the metal can receive electron density from a filled orbital of the ligand. 

Carbon-centered nucleophiles are those compounds or intermediates which contain an electron-rich carbon atom and thus are capable of donating an electron pah from that carbon atom to an electrophile. The electron pair that is donated is found in a filled orbital in the nucleophilic carbon and the electrons are not tighdy bound. Donation to the electrophilic carbon occurs by overlap of the filled orbital of the donor with an unfilled orbital of the acceptor. The most common carbon nucleophiles fall into three main classes ... 

Carbon-centered electrophiles are compounds or intermediates which are electron poor and thus capable of accepting electrons from electron donors. To be an electron acceptor, an electrophile must have an unfilled orbital on carbon available for overlap with a filled orbital of the donor. Unfilled atomic p orbitals or antibonding orbitals (both a and it ) are the most common types of acceptor orbitals. The most common carbon electrophiles fall into four major categories ... 

There are two types of solute-solvent interactions which affect absorption and emission spectra. These are universal interaction and specific interaction. The universal interaction is due to the collective influence of the solvent as a dielectric medium and depends on the dielectric constant D and the refractive index n of the solvent. Thus large environmental perturbations may be caused by van der Waals dipolar or ionic fields in solution, liquids and in solids. The van der Waals interactions include (i) London dispersion force, (ii) induced dipole interactions, and (iii) dipole-dipole interactions. These are attractive interactions. The repulsive interactions are primarily derived from exchange forces (non bonded repulsion) as the elctrons of one molecule approach the filled orbitals of the neighbour. If the solute molecule has a dipole moment, it is expected to differ in various electronic energy states because of the differences in charge distribution. In polar solvents dipole-dipole inrteractions are important. 

Steric hindrance not hindrance) is a consequence of repulsion between the electrons in all the filled orbitals of the alkyl substituents. 

You will notice that the boron atom always adds to the end of the alkene. This is just as well otherwise, three sequential additions would give rise to a complex mixture of products. The boron always becomes attached to the carbon of the double bond that is less substituted. This is what we should expect if the filled % orbital of the alkene adds to the empty orbital of the borane to give the more stable cationic intermediate. 

Although these surface scans are approximate, and probably suffer somewhat from the requirement of D3h symmetry, they do reveal that this remarkably exothermic, and thermally allowed, reaction has an unusually high activation barrier. Acetylene is neither a good donor nor a good acceptor, and the approach of three acetylenes, even in a geometry which produces both in-plane and out-of-plane aromatic sextets, results in no strong HOMO-LUMO interactions. Repulsive interactions due to the overlap of filled orbitals of the three molecules occur, but the filled and vacant orbitals of the acetylenes are too far apart in energy for any appreciable stabi-... 

The general tendency for an if S-Om bond to orient so that the sulfur atom lies closest to the ds carbonyls is interesting, and this structural feature may be due to the ability of SO2 to compete more effectively for available Jt electrons in this orientation as depicted in Fig. 10. That is, the highest filled orbital of the complex is bonding with respect to the M-A bond and antibonding with respect to the D-M bond (A — acceptor, D = donor or weak n acceptor) so that electron density is polarized toward A. Since the 2bi acceptor orbital for SO2 involves greater partidpation of the sulfur p orbital, more effective overlap would be expected if the S-Om bond orients so that sulfur lies closest to... 

Figure 8 The effect of turning on the tt interaction between a JT-donor ligand and the metal. The occupied, and relatively stable, lone pair (jt) orbitals of the ligand are shown on the right. Their effect is to destabilize the filled orbitals of the complex and so decrease A...

The question is whether the extent of adsorption is determined by charge control (AE, , i.e., coulombic or electrostatic interactions) or by orbital control i.e., attractive interactions between the filled orbitals of the adsorbate and the empty orbitals of the adsorbent). 

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