HSAB and Molecular Orbital Theory

I Frontier molecular orbital (FMO) theory (sec. 11.2) correlates molecular orbital energies and orbital coeffi- [Pg.89]

Chapter 2. Acids, Bases, Functional Group Exchanges [Pg.90]

Reprinted with permission from Pearson, R.G. J. Chem. Ed., 198 7, 64, 561. Copyright 1987 American Chemical Society. [Pg.90]

These principles finally allowed Pearson to define hardness (t ) as follows a hard molecule resists changes in its electron charge cloud, both the total amount of charge and the charge distribution in space. A soft molecule has an easily changed electron distribution. [Pg.90]

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