What is meant by bonding and anti-bonding molecular orbitals? Give number of electron which occupy bonding orbital in $H_{2}^{+}, H_{2} a n d H e_{2}$ .

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Bonding Molecular orbital formed by constructive addition of wave functions and has less energy which has more stability. Anti-bonding molecular orbital is formed by destructive addition, has more energy and less stability.
no. of electrons in bonding orbital of $H^{+}$ is $1$
no. of electrons in bonding orbital of $H_{2}$ is $2$
no. of electrons in bonding orbital of ${H e}_{2}$ is $2$

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