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Some m .o theory to explain some observations.
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So with dioxygen, if we have the removal of an electron, then our bonds are strengthened.
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However, if we remove an electron from di -nitrogen, then our bonds are weakened.
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And so let's first look at oxygen.
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So if we are to populate our m .o.
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Here, so we have our 2s and our 2p, oxygen is group 6.
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And so we need to fill in six electrons for each side, one, two, three, four, five, six, where each set of orbitals on each side represents one oxygen atom.
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So now we can go ahead and fill those into our bonding and anti -bonding, where we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight electrons.
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
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In r2p...
