Which diatomic molecule or ion has valence electron molecular orbital configuration provided below?
[core electrons]( $\sigma$ _2s) ²( $\sigma$ *_2s) ²( $\sigma$ _2p) ²( $\pi$ _2p) ⁴( $\pi$ *_2p) ¹

Question

Which diatomic molecule or ion has valence electron molecular orbital configuration provided below?
[core electrons](

\sigma

_2s) ²(

\sigma

*_2s) ²(

\sigma

_2p) ²(

\pi

_2p) ⁴(

\pi

*_2p) ¹

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The molecular orbital configuration provided has a total of 14 valence electrons, which is the same as the number of valence electrons in the ion O₂F1F1F1S1^F1F1F10. This ion has a total of 6 sigma bonds and 2 pi bonds, which matches the bonding picture in the provided molecular orbital configuration. None of the other choices match the provided configuration.

Which Diatomic Molecule or Ion Has Valence Electron Molecular Orbital σ\sigmaσ

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