Authors: Joel M Williams
This paper looks at the atomic bonding involved in the diatomic molecules of the second period of the periodic table. It addresses their molecular electrostatics, bond strengths, and electron affinities. Particular attention is given to the anomalies of the carbon diatom. Questions are raised about the sensibleness of the spdf model’s spatial ability to contain two electrons on an axis between diatoms and its ability to form π-bonds from parallel p-orbitals located over the nuclei of each atom. Nitrogen, carbon monoxide, oxygen, and fluorine all have the same inter-nuclei bonding: the difference in bond strength is due to the number of anti-bonding electrons and not to differences in the number of bonds.
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