Which statement about the molecular orbitals in a molecule is correct? — Bonding Chemistry Question
Question
Which statement about the molecular orbitals in a molecule is correct?
A.✓ Correct
No molecular orbital may have a net overlap with any other molecular orbital.
B.
Each molecular orbital must have a different number of nodes than every other molecular orbital.
C.
The number of molecular orbitals is equal to half the number of atomic orbitals of the atoms that make up the molecule.
D.
The lowest-energy molecular orbitals are the most antibonding in character and the highest-energy molecular orbitals are the most bonding in character.
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