A method for calculation of the contribution of $\pi$ bonding molecular orbitals to the dipole moments for octahedral [M(III)$A_3B_3$] type complexes has been developed [M(III) = Ti(III), V(III), Cr(III), Fe(III) or Co(III); A = O or N; B = N, S or Cl...
A method for calculation of the contribution of $\pi$ bonding molecular orbitals to the dipole moments for octahedral [M(III)$A_3B_3$] type complexes has been developed [M(III) = Ti(III), V(III), Cr(III), Fe(III) or Co(III); A = O or N; B = N, S or Cl]. The contribution of ${\pi}$ bonding molecular orbitals to the dipole moments is found to be smaller than that of ${\sigma}$ bonding molecular orbitals but this contribution may not be negligible even for chelate complexes in which delocalization of ${\pi}$ electron is assumed. The calculated dipole moments (u = $u_{\sigma}$ + $u_{\pi}$) are closer to the experimental values than those for the case where only ${\sigma}$ bonds are assumed to be formed.