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: O: (σ1s)2(σ*1s)22s)2(σ*2s)22p)22p)4(π*2p)2

Bond order =  8-42 = 2