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Chapter 5 | Advanced Theories of Bonding
generate the anion will give a valence electron configuration of
Since this has six more bonding electrons than antibonding, the bond order will be 3, and the ion should be stable.
Check Your Learning
How many unpaired electrons would be present on a ion? Would it be paramagnetic or diamagnetic?
Answer: two, paramagnetic
Link to Learning
Creating molecular orbital diagrams for molecules with more than two atoms relies on the same basic ideas as the diatomic examples presented here. However, with more atoms, computers are required to calculate how the atomic orbitals combine. See three-dimensional drawings (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/16orbitaldiag)
of the molecular orbitals for C6H6.
This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12012/1.7
