Timothy Hughbanks
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<Timothy Hughbanks> authored molecular-orbital teaching notes that explain bonding in diatomic <molecules> and s–p mixing. Orbitals can interact only when their <symmetry> permits it, and the resulting energy shifts depend on their energetic separation and overlap.
The example shows why the ordering of molecular orbitals cannot always be obtained by placing unmixed atomic levels beside one another.<Diatomic MOs by Timothy Hughbanks>[Diatomic molecular orbitals and s–p mixing]{ref}
Texas A&M University institutional profile: https://artsci.tamu.edu/chemistry/contact/profiles/timothy-hughbanks.html.