Preferred Label : bonding molecular orbital;
IUPAC acronym : MO;
IUPAC definition : The molecular orbital whose occupation by electrons increases the total bonding (usually,
lowers the total energy) of a molecule. Generally, the energy level of a bonding MO
lies lower than the average of the valence orbitals of the atoms constituting the
molecule.;
Origin ID : BT07007;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
See also
The molecular orbital whose occupation by electrons increases the total bonding (usually,
lowers the total energy) of a molecule. Generally, the energy level of a bonding MO
lies lower than the average of the valence orbitals of the atoms constituting the
molecule.