What is molecular orbital theory? with the help of energy level in homo nuclear diatomic orbitals arranfe the following series increasing order O22−,O2−,O2,O2+
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MOT describe the bonding between homo nuclear or hetero nuclear atomic orbitals or linear combination of Atomic orbitals (LCAO) by making of molecular orbitals in bonding, non-bonding and anti-bonding. By MOT we can describe many properties of molecules like 1. Bond order 2. magnetic properties 3. stability 4. existence 5. color properties .
The two atomic orbitals will combine to form molecular orbitals if the overlap is proper.