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Draw the molecular orbital energy level diagram of boron diatomic molecule.

Important Questions on Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

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Which of the following options represents the correct bond order?
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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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Which of the following species cannot exist on the basis of Molecular Orbital Theory?
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The total number of electrons in all bonding molecular orbitals of O22- is ......... (Round off to the nearest integer)
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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 molecules would be stabilised by the removal of an electron?
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Which of the following statement is incorrect from the view point of molecular orbital theory:
a) Be2 is not a stable molecule.
b) He2 is not stable but He2+ is expected to exist.
c) Bond strength of N2 is maximum amongst the homo nuclear diatomic molecules belonging to the second period.
d) The order of energies of molecular orbitals in N2 molecule is:

σ2s<σ*2s<σ2pz<π2px=π2py<π*2px=π*2py<σ*2pz

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Which of the following diatomic molecular species has only π bonds according to Molecular Orbital Theory?
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What is the number of unpaired electron(s) in the highest occupied molecular orbital of the following species : N2, N 2+,  O2,  O2+ ?
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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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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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Consider the following species:

(i) O 2 2

(ii) C O +

(iii) O 2 +

Among the following, sigma bond alone is present in -