Question

Pairs of these entities with comparable symmetry move energy from the lower to the higher energy counterpart via mixing. These entities are designated ungerade (“OON-gur-ah-duh”) if they are (15[1])antisymmetric with respect (15[1])to inversion. The Hückel method (15[1])calculates (-5[1])the energies (-5[1])of these constructs, (15[1])which are arranged in a polygon in the (*) Frost circle mnemonic for determining aromaticity. (-5[1])Kenichi Fukui pioneered predicting reactivity based on the frontier examples of these (10[1])entities, which are the HOMO and LUMO. (-5[1])These entities can be approximated as linear combinations (10[1])of their atomic counterparts. For 10 points, name these functions which describe the location of an electron in a molecule. ■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: molecular orbitals [accept MOs until “HOMO”; prompt on orbitals]
<AW, Chemistry>
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Summary

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Neal JoshiWUSTLPurdue B2615
Ezra SantosChicago CMichigan B2915
Stan MelkumianPurdue ASIUE A3415
Darryl WangRochester ARochester C35-5
Karthik PrasadCornell FireRochester B37-5
Braden BoothMissouriChicago A4015
Samarth RamChicago BChicago D54-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αCornell Wind6610
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AOhio State A73-5
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell Earth8110
Srujamya SampathiRochester BCornell Fire1020
Rohan NanduriRochester CRochester A10210
Carter HerronChicago DChicago B1020
Davis JohnsonPurdue COhio State B1020
Shourjo GanguliOhio State AMichigan A10210
Ava AustinSIUE BOhio State C10210
Rohan NavaneethaOhio State BPurdue C1020
Jacob GoodsonOhio State CSIUE B1020