According to molecular orbital theory, the paramagnetism of ${O_2}$ molecule is due to presence of

  • A

    Unpaired electrons in the bonding $\sigma $ molecular orbital

  • B

    Unpaired electrons in the antibonding $\sigma $ molecular orbital

  • C

    Unpaired electron in the bonding $\pi $ molecular orbital

  • D

    Unpaired electrons in the antibonding $\pi $ molecular orbital

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Give answer of following questions.

$(i)$ Give molecular orbitals and type form by $\mathrm{LCAO}$ from $2{\rm{s}},2{{\rm{p}}_{\rm{x}}},2{{\rm{p}}_{\rm{y}}}$ and $2{{\rm{p}}_{\rm{z}}}$ 

$(ii)$ ${\rm{L}}{{\rm{i}}_2},{\rm{B}}{{\rm{e}}_2},{{\rm{C}}_2},{{\rm{N}}_2},{{\rm{O}}_2}{\rm{,}}{{\rm{F}}_2}$ for these molecule give energy other.

Which of the following has unpaired electron $(s)$ ?

  • [JEE MAIN 2014]

The pair of species that has the same bond order in the following is

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The bond order of a molecule is given by

Paramagnetism is exhibited by molecules