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molecular orbital of o2 ..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

molecular orbital of o2 ..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pawan Prajapati
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3 years ago
Answer :

A molecule of oxygen has 16 electrons and is formed by the combination of two atoms of oxygen each having 8 electrons. Now the electronic configuration of atomic oxygen is 1s2, 2s2, 2p4. In a molecule of oxygen, the atomic orbitals get mixed to form molecular orbitals. The number of molecular orbitals is equal to the sum of the atomic orbitals.
The molecular orbital energy level diagram of O2 molecule can be drawn as:

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