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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

The number of electrons present in bonding and antibonding orbitals in \(\mathrm{O}_2^{2-}\) is respectively

  1. A 10,6
  2. B 12,6
  3. C 11,7
  4. D 10,8
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(D) 10,8

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\(\begin{aligned} & \left.(\sigma 1 s)^2,\left(\sigma^* 1 s\right)^2,(\sigma 2 s)^2,\left(\sigma^* 2 s\right)^2, \sigma 2 p_z\right)^2, \\ & \left(\pi 2 p_x^2=\pi 2 p_y^2\right),\left(\pi^* 2 p_x^2=\pi^* 2 p_y^2\right)\end{aligned}\)