Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
p
orbital
:
An
atomic orbital
having two
orbital lobes
, and an
orbital node
at the nucleus. Labeled according to the parallel
Cartesian coordinates axis
: the
p
x
atomic orbital
lies along the
x
-axis
,
p
y
lies along the
y
-axis
, and
p
z
lies along the
z
-axis
.
2
p
z
atomic orbital
.
The 2
p
x
(blue), 2
p
y
(red), and 2
p
z
(gray)
atomic orbitals
are
orthogonal
.
Related terms:
s
orbital
,
molecular orbital
,
hybrid orbital
,
sp
3
,
sp
2
,
sp
,
pi bond
,
pi electron
,
resonance
,
conjugation
,
aromaticity
,
antiaromaticity
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