Molecular Orbital Diagrams

Homonuclear Diatomics

Figure 1: MO diagram for Li2 → N2 (sp-mixing)

Figure 2: MO diagram for O2 → Ne2 (no sp-mixing)

Heteronuclear Diatomics

Figure 3: MO diagram for heteronuclear diatomics (sp-mixing)

Figure 4: MO diagram for heteronuclear diatomics (no sp-mixing)