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Assertion : The molecular orbitals with higher energy is called antibonding orbitals. Reason : The anti bonding nature of a molecular orbital is indicated by an asterisk over its designation.


mindfreedomof 26th Mar, 2021
Answer (1)
Ayush 26th Mar, 2021

Hello candidate,

The assertion in the statement provided that the molecular orbitals with higher energy are called antibonding orbitals is completely correct but its reason is not completely sufficient.

the main reason behind the antibonding orbitals concept is that when an electron pair formed by bonding of 2 two atoms form a bond, the use their bonding orbitals for the purpose and the rest electrons are sent to higher energy state which are referred as antibonding orbitals.

Hope it was informational!!

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