Plots of the total molecular density and of the orbital densities of the six valence (canonical) molecular orbitals of formaldehyde in its ground state are presented and discussed. The relative spatial extent of the σ and π orbitals is examined in some detail and it is concluded that there is not a pronounced difference in the σ and π charge distributions.
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Dunning et al. (1971) studied this question.