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The number of antibonding electrons in a molecule of carbon monoxide are:

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Important Questions on Chemical Bonding

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According to MOT,O2 is paramagnetic in nature, what is the number of electrons in anti bonding molecular orbitals?

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If an extra electron is added to the hypothetical molecule C2, this extra electron will occupy the molecular orbital:-
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After understanding the assertion and reason, choose the correct option.

Assertion: In the bonding molecular orbital (MO) of H 2 , electron density is increased between the nuclei.
Reason: The bonding MO is ψA+ψB , which shows destructive interference of the combining electron waves.
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Which of the following diatomic molecular species has only π bonds according to Molecular Orbital Theory?
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Which of the following diatomic molecules would be stabilised by the removal of an electron?
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Which statements are correct for the peroxide ion ?
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In the molecular orbital diagram for the molecular ion N2+ , the number of electrons in the σ2p molecular orbital is
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The formation of molecular orbitals can be described by the linear combination of atomic orbitals. Which one of the following correctly represents the formation of bonding molecular orbital from the atomic orbitals having wave functions ψA and ψB?
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During the change of O2 to O2- , the incoming electron goes to the orbital:
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Which of the following options represents the correct bond order?
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The important merit of VBT over MOT is describing the maximum overlapping of orbital.
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_____ is explained by MOT which do not explained by VBT.
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Given the species N2, CO, NO+ and CN- which of the following statements are true for them:

(I) All the species are diamagnetic.

(II) All the species are isostructural.

(III) All the species have identical bond order.

(IV) More than one species have zero dipole moment.

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The statements that are true among the followings are-
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Which of the following is paramagnetic?
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Which of the following statements is correct about N2 molecule?
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Write the significance of a plus and a minus sign shown in representing the orbitals.
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Identify correct statements about NO molecule:

(i) When NO is ionized to NO+, the electron is removed from the π*2p orbital.

(ii) Bond order of NO is 2.5 and bond order of NO+ is 3.

(iii) Bond length of NO+ is greater than that of NO.

(iv) It is similar to N2- in all respect.
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The covalency of carbon in the CO molecule is three because:
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Use the molecular orbital theory to describe the bonding in N2 and NO. What is the bond order in each case?