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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 4. Chemical bonding and molecular structure

The total number of electrons in all bonding molecular orbitals of \(O_{2}^{2-}\) is \(....\,.\) (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

  1. A \(5\)
  2. B \(10\)
  3. C \(15\)
  4. D \(20\)
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(B) \(10\)

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\(\sigma 1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 1^* \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2^* \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2 \mathrm{p}_{z}^{2} \pi 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}^{2}=\pi 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}^{2}\) \(\pi 2^* \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}^{2}=\pi 2^* \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}^{2}\)
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