MOs in Inorganic Chemistry

Workshop

Useful:

• workshop handout
• flow-chart
• D_4h character table
• Symmetry worshop downloads wiki page

Example mark scheme for a MO diagram (out of 20)

• 1 point group
• 1 symmetry elements/operations
• 1 axial system defined
• 1 fragments and molecule on diagram
• 1 depicting fragment orbitals
• 1 labeling symmetry fragment orbitals
• 2 for basic shapes of non-mixed MOs
• 1 for including coefficient size difference in MOs
• 1 symmetry labels MOs
• 1 MO energies roughly right
• 2 for shapes of mixed MOs
• 2 stabilisation / destabilisation of mixed orbitals
• 1 electronic configuration
• 3 annotations
• 1 neat and tidy diagram