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The bond length is the internuclear distance at which the lowest potential energy is achieved.

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In other words, rotation around the internuclear axis does not change the extent to which the σ bonding orbitals overlap because the bonding electron density is symmetric about the axis.

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There is a node bisecting the internuclear axis, so it is an antibonding orbital.

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Rotation about the internuclear axis is much more difficult for multiple bonds; however, this would drastically alter the off-axis overlap of the π bonding orbitals, essentially breaking the π bond.

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In valence bond theory, we describe π bonds as containing a nodal plane containing the internuclear axis and perpendicular to the lobes of the p orbitals, with electron density on either side of the node.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019