Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure Question 15

Question 15 - 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)

The total number of molecular orbitals formed from $2 s$ and $2 p$ atomic orbitals of a diatomic molecule

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Solution

wo molecular orbitals $\sigma 2 s$ and $\sigma * 2 s$.

Six molecular orbitals $\sigma 2 p _z$ and $\sigma * 2 p _z . \pi 2 p _x, \pi 2 p _y$ and $\pi * 2 p _x, \pi^{*} 2 p _y$