A set of eight equivalent bond orbitals of tetragonal antiprism symmetry is considered. The orbitals are of type snp3d5−n. The acute angle between the fourfold axis and the maximum in a bond function varies from 66° 49′ to 44° 33′ as the parameter α is varied. The strongest orbitals (with a strength equal to 2.988) arise when n equals 0.9047. These are only slightly stronger than those with n equal to one.
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