Preferred Label : Rydberg orbital;
IUPAC definition : For an atom, an orbital with principal quantum number greater than that of any occupied
orbital of the ground state. For a molecular entity, a molecular orbital which correlates
with a Rydberg atomic orbital in an atomic fragment produced by dissociation. Typically,
the extension of the Rydberg orbital is large compared to the size of the atom or
molecular entity.;
Origin ID : R05431;
See also
For an atom, an orbital with principal quantum number greater than that of any occupied
orbital of the ground state. For a molecular entity, a molecular orbital which correlates
with a Rydberg atomic orbital in an atomic fragment produced by dissociation. Typically,
the extension of the Rydberg orbital is large compared to the size of the atom or
molecular entity.
