The Periodic Table

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Secret

05:01

I hate how no software can drew transparent orbitals over each other if they are of the same type but at different isosurface levels

the bigger lobes will just obscure the smaller lobes

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Hot nitric acid (HNQ)

06:33

Q: Link between centrosymmetry, dipole moment and chirality

What is the relationship between the three concepts in the title? I know all centrosymmetric molecules are achiral, but not all achiral molecules are centrosymmetric. Thus, there are no molecules that are centrosymmetric and chiral, but all other combinations exist. What about having a dipole m...

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Martin - マーチン

10:29

@Secret have you tried wireframe settings, e.g. with Chemcraft? Like I show it here: Generating neat orbitals/surfaces from molden/wfn-files

I have not tried it myself, but Chimera seems to be a highly customisable program. I remember gOpenMol being able to do it, but that is looooong deprecated and might not install anymore on a modern platform (the last time I've tried, it took ages and wasn't fully functional).

Secret

11:32

@Martin-マーチン ah I did not knew about chimera. Should try that out, thanks

Martin - マーチン

12:02

@Secret Philipp is describing some of it in the linked article; I imagine it to be very powerful.

Bounty Hunter

12:48

Q: Why is back bonding not possible in sulfur dichloride?

In Concise Inorganic Chemistry by JD Lee (4th edition; adapted by Sudarshan Guha), page 76 under the topic "Back Bonding" it is given: For $\ce{SCl2}$ the bond angle is 102° since the lone pair of $\ce{S}$ or $\ce{Cl}$ atoms need not be delocalised due to the availability of vacant d orbitals...