Ligand field or MO theory in d-block metal coordination complexes

In the next pages we discuss
  • the symmetry of the valence atomic orbitals (AO's) of the metal,
  • of the ligand group orbitals (LGO's, also called SALC's, Symmetry Adapted Linear Combinations),
  • the molecular orbitals (MO's) that correspond to AO/LGO combinations with the same symmetry, and
  • their relative energy.
Orbitals are shown in the Jmol applet by clicking the buttons in the text, or (some of) the energy levels in the diagrams. Examples: the 3d atomic orbitals dxy  dyz  dxz  dx2-y2  dz2 and the 4s  4px  4py  4pz 
Orbitals are not drawn to a particular scale, just sized so as to illustrate the symmetry in the 3D model.
In the MO diagrams energy levels aren't on scale either. Degenerate levels are spaced to make them clickable individually. Point group character tables.