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8.4 Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 2.5

How are the following similar, and how do they differ?

(a) σ molecular orbitals and π molecular orbitals

(b) ψ for an atomic orbital and ψ for a molecular orbital

(c) bonding orbitals and antibonding orbitals

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

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