Arkansas State University Department of Chemistry and Physics

CHEM4204 Homework 3

Molecular Orbital Diagrams

a) draw the Lewis Dot structure for CO₂

b) Draw the M.O. for CO₂ using the following A.O. energies:

C 2s, - 157 kcm^{-1 ;} 2p, - 86 kcm^-1
O 2s, - 261 kcm^-1; 2p, - 128 kcm^-1

c) label the HOMO and LUMO

d) determine the B.O.

e) describe the magnetic properties

Due Friday, February 10, 2017