Linear species orbital interactions

The approach used so far can be applied to other linear species—snch as CO2, N3, and BeH2—to consider how molecular orbitals can be constructed on the basis of interactions of group orbitals with central atom orbitals. However, we also need a method to understand the bonding in more complex molecules. We will first illustrate this approach using carbon dioxide, another linear molecule with a more complicated molecular orbital description than FHF . The following stepwise approach permits examination of more complex molecules ... 

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