I'm pretty sure ketene's oxygen is sp hybridized in order to delocalize into both (perpendicular) pi systems.
You need load $ketene select _O lcaocartoon molecular "py" lcaocartoon molecular "pz" lcaocartoon molecular "spb" Bob On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@chemagic.com> wrote: > Bob, > > If I try this with ketene: > > > all orbitals on oxygen are present, but "sp2b” and “sp2c” overlap. Bug? > Just the nature of the beast? > > Otis > > -- > Otis Rothenberger > o...@chemagic.com > http://chemagic.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > -- Robert M. Hanson Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry Chair, Department of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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