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JEE Main 2021Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Question with Solution

JEE Main 2021 (31 Aug Shift 2)

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According to molecular orbital theory, the number of unpaired electron(s) in O22- is _________ .

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O2-2=18e-, there is no unpaired electron
σ1s2σ*1s2σ2s2σ*2s2σ2pz2π2p2x=π2p2yπ*2px2=π*2p2y

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