Lecture-1.1

Lecture 23: Introduction to Valence Bond Theory
Updated for 2002

Lecture on-line

Introduction to Valence Bond Theory (PowerPoint)

Introduction to Valence Bond Theory (PDF)

Handout for this lecture

Tutorials on-line

Basic concepts

Full mathematical treatment of Born-Oppenheimer approximation (From University of Georgia)

Basic math background

Audio-visuals on-line

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation and spectroscopy (PowerPoint)(From the Wilson Group,***)

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation and spectroscopy (PDF)(From the Wilson Group,***)

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation and molecular dynamics (PowerPoint)(From the Wilson Group,***)

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation and molecular dynamics (PowerPoint)(From the Wilson Group,***) (PDF)(From the Wilson Group,***)

Slides from the textbook (From the CD included in Atkins ,**)
The material in this lecture covers the following in Atkins.

14 Molecular structure

Valence-bond theory
14.1 The hydrogen molecule
(a) The spatial wavefunction
(b) The role of the electron spin

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