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Interactive d-orbitals:

Unlike the chemistry of organic molecules, d-orbitals play an important part in bonding, reactivity, spectroscopy and magnetism of inorganic molecules beyond the second row. As a result it is essential to understand the shape and relative orientation of each of the d-orbitals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that the shape of four of the orbitals is the same. The only difference is their orientation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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