Exercise 6 | Covalent Bonding
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 = = 2
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 = = 2