Frontier Molecular Orbitals ·
HOMO meets LUMO
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HOMO-LUMO gap
wide
Electron flow
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Stage
two molecules approach
Donor levels (nucleophile)
Acceptor levels (electrophile)
HOMO (filled frontier)
LUMO (empty frontier)
Electron / phase lobe
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