The
Next-to-
Highest
Occupied
Molecular
Orbital ('
NHOMO', also called '
HOMO') and the
Second
Lowest
Unoccupied
Molecular
Orbital
(
SLUMO). Subjacent orbitals are sometimes found to play an important role in the interpretation
of molecular interactions according to the
frontier orbital approach.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1169
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
