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Past exam of the chemistry course of the year 3 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2B Section B 36 b ii Solution by
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Within each pair the in-phase and out-of-phase combinations have and symmetry respectively. One normalized choice isThe sign convention for is chosen to make the off-diagonal interaction positive in the corresponding two-by-two block. It does not change the physical predictions. These are pair symmetry-adapted linear combinations; the actual molecular orbitals are linear combinations within each of the two equal-symmetry pairs, found by diagonalizing the blocks.
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