In defense of the hybrid atomic orbitals

Philippe C. Hiberty; François Volatron; Sason Shaik

doi:10.1021/ed200615j

In defense of the hybrid atomic orbitals

Philippe C. Hiberty^*
, François Volatron
, Sason Shaik

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Chemistry

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Abstract

At variance with some opinions recently published as a commentary in this Journal, we show that the arguments used against the hybrid atomic orbital model are fundamentally wrong. In fact, the hybrid atomic orbital model correctly describes electron density and molecular properties in full agreement with experiment. The usefulness of this model is emphasized, and hints are suggested to teach it to students in the framework of the molecular orbital theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-577
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	89
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ed200615j
State	Published - 10 Apr 2012

Keywords

Covalent bonding
First-year undergraduate/general
Lewis structures
MO theory
Misconceptions/discrepant events
Physical chemistry
Quantum chemistry
Upper-division undergraduate
VSEPR theory
Valence bond theory

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