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

What is the number of unpaired electron(s) in the highest occupied molecular orbital of the following species : \(N _2: N _2^{+} ; O _2 ; O _2^{+}\)?

  1. A \(0,1,2,1\)
  2. B \(2,1,2,1\)
  3. C \(0,1,0,1\)
  4. D \(2,1,0,1\)
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(A) \(0,1,2,1\)

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\(N _2\) \(\sigma 1 s ^2 \sigma^* 1 s ^2 \sigma 2 s ^2 \sigma^* 2 s ^2 \pi 2 p _{ x }^2=\pi 2 p _y^2 \frac{\sigma 2 p _z^2}{\text { HOMO }}\)…
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