CHEM 125A - Freshman Organic Chemistry I
Lecture 10 - Reality and the Orbital Approximation. In discussions of the Schrodinger equation thus far, the systems described were either one-dimensional or involved a single electron. After discussing how increased nuclear charge affects the energies of one-electron atoms and then discussing hybridization, this lecture finally addresses the simple fact that multi-electron systems cannot be properly described in terms of one-electron orbitals. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 10 - Reality and the Orbital Approximation |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. "Atom-in-a-Box" Plots: Assessing Probability Density |
| [00:14:08] | 2. Scaling the Wave Function for Changing Nuclear Charge |
| [00:21:20] | 3. Scaling Energy with Respect to Nuclear Charge |
| [00:27:33] | 4. Superposition, and the Orientation and Shape of Hybrid Orbitals |
| [00:40:44] | 5. An Inconvenient Truth: Troubles Describing Multi-Electron Systems |
| References |
| Lecture 10 - Reality and the Orbital Approximation Instructor: Professor J. Michael McBride. Resources: Professor McBride's website resource for CHEM 125 (Fall 2008). Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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