AX examples (Diatomics)

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Diatomics(AX Configuration)

Molecules in this category are all diatomics (molecules containing two atoms). There may be many electron groups around the "central" atom, but there is only one other atom in the molecule. The configuration is specified as AX, where A represents the one atom and the X represents the other atom.

Formula	Lewis Structure	Live 3-D view	Download for Jmol/Rasmol
HCl			HCl.xyz
CO			CO.pdb
CN^-			CN(minus1).pdb

Molecular Viewer Instructions

Brief Instructions for Molecular Viewer
(The Open Source Applet JSmol/Jmol)

When you select a molecule you will see a rotating image of the molecule displayed above using the Jmol/JSmol applet.

Rotate the molecule	Hold down the mouse button and drag the cursor over the image.
Zoom the view	Hold down the shift key and the mouse button while dragging up or down over the image
Start/stop automatic spin	Right-click over the image and select "on" or "off" from the "Spin" submenu. On a single button mouse try holding the <option>, <ctrl> or <cmd> keys down while holding the mouse button.

Additional instructions for the viewer.

If your browser is not Javascript capable you can still download the molecule files readable by Jmol by clicking on the link and then use Jmol to view the files. See the tutorial introduction for more information.