Animated Molecular Orbital Formation

Here are some animations of the formation of homonuclear diatomic molecular orbitals.

Clicking on the type of molecular orbital will bring up the animation, and clicking on the browser's Refresh or Reload button will play the animation again. Click the browser's Back button to return to this page.

s sigma bonding

s sigma antibonding

p sigma bonding

p sigma antibonding

p pi bonding

p pi antibonding