_P.-Powell-auth.-Principles-of-Organometallic-Chemistry-Springer-Netherlands-1988

N
o ,.....
6-electron
ry 6 -benzene
Metal atom1c orbitals
with correct symmetry
to overlap with the
M.O.s of ligands
~ ~~~
"*' ~ 1
npx npy
** ~~
np In 1) de (n 1\ d. (rl 1) d
~
~
o
~
(n -1)dx 2 -y'
~l)d"
Fig. 6. 7 Representation of ligand n-molecular orbitals and their possible interactions with metal orbitals. The highest energy benzene m.o
is omitted as it makes little or no contribution to bonding.