1 + S 12 1 E 1 = 1 = c 1 1 + c 1 S 12 1 E 2 = - 2 = c 1 1 - c 1 2 bonding antibonding
Let overlap term go to zero Overlap term is non zero
Ethylene system of ethylene
H2H2 C2H4C2H4
antibonding empty orbital bonding fille with 2 e -
Now let us look at a more complicated system. Three Orbitals! Allyl anion
1 2 3 How do we calculate the energies and coefficients of the MO’s? We are going to use the LCAO approximation to make three MO’s. Use Symmetry! The ends are the same so they must contibute equally to any MO. So we can make linear combinations where atoms one and three contribute equally. 1 = p z 1 + p z 3 2 = p z 1 - p z 3 3 = p z 2 The second carbon is unique.
p z a Ĥ p z a = E = = 0 Coulomb integral p z a Ĥ p z b = E int = Interaction integral Only if the two p orbitals are adjacent otherwise Interaction is 0. p z a p z a = 1 normalized p z a p z b = 0 assume overlap = 0 Huckel Approximation
1 2 3 How do we calculate the energies and coefficients of the MO’s? We are going to use the LCAO approximation to make three MO’s. Use Symmetry! The ends are the same so they must contibute equally to any MO. So we can make linear combinations where atoms one and three contribute equally. 1 = p z 1 + p z 3 2 = p z 1 - p z 3 3 = p z 2 The second carbon is unique.
1 2 3 1 = p z 1 + p z 3 We need to normalize our LCAOs 1 2 = 1 N 2 (p z 1 + p z 3 ) (p z 1 + p z 3 ) = 1 N 2 (p z p z 3 p z 1 + p z 3 2 ) = x N 2 x 2 = 1 So N =
1 2 3 How do we calculate the energies and coefficients of the MO’s? We are going to use the LCAO approximation to make three MO’s. Use Symmetry! The ends are the same so they must contibute equally to any MO. So we can make linear combinations where atoms one and three contribute equally. 1 = ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) 2 = ( p z 1 - p z 3 ) 3 = p z 2 The second carbon is unique.
1 = ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) 2 = ( p z 1 - p z 3 ) 3 = p z Same Symmetry 11 22 33
1 = ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) 3 = p z 2 11 3 11 3 Bonding MO Antibonding MO
1 = ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) 3 = p z 2 ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) Ĥ p z 2 = 22 = 33 + Energy = 11
1 = ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) - 3 = - p z 2 ( p z 1 + p z 3 ) Ĥ (- p z 2 ) = - 2 = - Energy = 3 11
1 2 3 3 1 Bonding
1 2 3 33 - Energy = 11 2 Antibonding
1 2 3 What about 2 ? There is no overlap between ends so E = 0
- 0
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