Spectroscopy principles topic check
Check H3 Chemistry molecular orbitals, LCAO diagrams, orbital symmetry and photon transitions, with feedback and targeted practice.
Learning goals
- Distinguish atomic and molecular orbitals
- Classify bonding, antibonding and nonbonding orbitals
- Distinguish molecular orbitals with sigma and pi symmetry
- Explain discrete molecular-orbital energy levels
- Apply LCAO to homonuclear diatomic molecules
- Apply LCAO to benzene and linear polyenes
- Construct and interpret diatomic MO diagrams, including HOMO and LUMO
- Construct and interpret pi-MO diagrams for benzene and polyenes
- Relate electromagnetic radiation, photons and E = hf
- Compare electronic, vibrational, rotational and nuclear energy quantisation
- Explain photon absorption and emission as energy-level transitions
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Check what you know
Answer each question and say how sure you are to find what to practise next.
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Practise after feedback
After a check, practise the skills it showed you need to work on.
About 10 minutes
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- Question count is checked before you start.
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Your work
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Check your progress
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About 10 minutes
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Check again
After practising what your progress check showed, check those skills again.
About 10 minutes
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Review
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Practise: multiple-choice
Practise questions on the skills you are learning.
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Recent attempts
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Practise: written
Practise questions on the skills you are learning.
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- Question count is checked before you start.
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Your work
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