Chemistry / orbital-overlap laboratory

Sigma Bonds

HEAD-ON ORBITAL OVERLAP FORMS A SIGMA BOND

Bring the atoms together and watch shared density form along their axis.

Live sigma-bond values

3D lab

Build a sigma bond

Bond example

Drag the atoms and watch head-on orbital overlap.

Internuclear distance

Orbital overlap

Overlap typehead-on

Bond order1 sigma

Tap an atom, orbital lobe, overlap region, bond axis, or electron pair to inspect it.

Playback

Simulation speed 1×

View, focus & graph

Zoom 1×

3D rotation 28°

Inspect a structure

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