MEDIUMMCQ SINGLEJEE Mains ChemistryInorganic ChemistryChemical BondingMolecular orbital theory

Take NA as the number of Anti-bonding molecular orbitals and NB as the number of Bonding molecular orbitals. The molecule is stable when NA ____________ NB. a) is greater than b) is equal to c) is less than d) is greater than or equal to

Answer
C
Explanation

When a molecule consists both bonding molecular orbitals and anti-bonding molecular orbitals, the higher the number of bonding orbitals, the more the bonding influence and the more stable the molecule will be and vice-versa.

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