Question
____ orbitals from the individual atoms that make up the molecule
Answer
Molecular orbitals are obtained by combining the atomic orbitals from the individual atoms that make up the molecule
Molecular orbital theory is able to explain why some bonds between atoms are observed to be in between a single and a double bond. Valence-bond theory, the more traditional theory, cannot explain these "hybridized" bonds
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