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Standard XII
Chemistry
Molecular Orbital Energy Diagrams
The number of...
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The number of unpaired electrons in a diatomic molecule of an element with atomic number 8 is:
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Solution
Element of Atomic number = 8 is oxygen, it has two unpaired
e
−
in antibonding molecular orbital according to molecular orbital theory.
Electronic configuration of
O
2
is:
σ
(
1
s
)
2
σ
∗
(
1
s
)
2
σ
(
2
s
)
2
σ
∗
(
2
s
)
2
σ
(
2
p
z
)
2
π
(
2
p
x
)
2
π
(
2
p
y
)
2
π
∗
(
2
p
x
)
1
π
∗
(
2
p
y
)
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