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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding

Thermal decomposition of AgNO3 produces two paramagnetic gases. The total number of electrons present in the antibonding molecular orbitals of the gas that has the higher number of unpaired electrons is _____ .

  1. A 2
  2. B 4
  3. C 6
  4. D 8
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(C) 6

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2AgNO3ss2Ags+2NO2g+O2g Both the NO2 and O2 gases are paramagnetic. NO2g has 1 unpaired electron and O2g has 2 unpaired electrons. According to MOT, electronic configuration of O2 is
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