Molecular orbital diagrams - 1 | Bonding Theories

General Chemistry 1 - Molecular orbital diagrams - 1

Build the MO diagram for O2.
Write its ground state electron configuration and determine its bond order.


Ground state electron configuration: O2 : (σ1s)2(σ*1s)2(σ2s)2(σ*2s)2(σ2p)2(π2p)4(π*2p)2

Bond order =  8-42 = 2