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The 67 pages that link to Molecular orbital theory, each with the reason it gives.

• Covalent bondCompared with: It explains shared bonding electrons as molecular orbitals rather than localized pairs.

• Atomic orbitalCompared with: It contrasts with localized bonding pictures by combining atomic states into delocalized molecular states.

• Lewis structureCompared with: It models delocalized electrons beyond the localized pairs drawn in Lewis structures.

• ResonanceCompared with: It explains delocalized electrons directly rather than representing them with Lewis contributors.

• Valence bond theoryCompared with: It contrasts with valence bond theory’s localized bonds by treating molecular orbitals as delocalized.

• Aufbau principleCompared with: Molecules fill molecular orbitals rather than the atom-centered orbitals targeted by this principle.

• Octet ruleCompared with: It explains bonding and stability without requiring each atom to satisfy a localized octet.

• VSEPR theoryCompared with: It provides a more detailed electronic account than VSEPR’s shape rules.

• Hybrid orbitalCompared with: It explains bonding without requiring localized hybrid orbitals as fundamental entities.

• Bent's ruleCompared with: It explains bonding without requiring Bent's localized hybrid-orbital assignments.

• Resonance structureCompared with: It describes delocalized electrons directly rather than combining Lewis drawings.

• sp² hybridizationCompared with: It accounts for delocalized bonding without requiring localized hybrid bonds.

• Trigonal planar molecular geometryCompared with: It explains bonding without treating localized sp² orbitals as the fundamental description.

• Walter HeitlerCompared with: It contrasts with the localized electron-pair picture associated with Heitler and London.

• Arrow pushingCompared with: It gives a quantum-mechanical account beyond the localized electron pairs drawn in mechanisms.

• Modern valence bond theoryCompared with: Its delocalized orbital picture provides a useful comparison with valence-bond structures.

• Orbital hybridisationCompared with: It contrasts with hybridisation’s localized, atom-centered bonding picture.