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8.4 Exercise 14

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A friend tells you that the 2s orbital for fluorine starts off at a much lower energy than the 2s orbital for lithium, so the resulting σ2s molecular orbital in F2 is more stable than in Li2. Do you agree?

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 8.4 Molecular Orbital Theory, exercise 14

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