Before revision: Assuming no atomic orbital overlap, the structure can be represented by the determinants : O_3has the following three molecular orbitals, one where all of the oxygen orbitals are in phase, one where there there is a node on the central oxygen, and one where all of the oxygen orbitals are out of phase, shown below: alt=|center|The molecular orbitals of ozone, from left to right, ,, and The wave functions for each of the molecular orbitals can be written as a linear combination of each of the oxygen orbitals as follows: Where indicates the coefficient of in a molecular orbital .
After revision: Assuming no atomic orbital overlap, the structure can be represented by the determinants : O_3has the following three molecular orbitals, one where all of the oxygen orbitals are in phase, one where there is a node on the central oxygen, and one where all of the oxygen orbitals are out of phase, shown below: alt=|center|The molecular orbitals of ozone, from left to right, ,, and The wave functions for each of the molecular orbitals can be written as a linear combination of each of the oxygen orbitals as follows: Where indicates the coefficient of in a molecular orbital .