natural hybrid orbital (NHO)

abbreviation: NHO
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Symmetrically orthogonalised directed hybrid orbital derived through unitary transformation of natural atomic orbitals centred on a particular atom.
Source:
PAC, 1999, 71, 1919. (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1954 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'natural hybrid orbital' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.NT07078 RIS BibTex EndNote
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