4.Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
hard

The total number of electrons in all bonding molecular orbitals of $O_{2}^{2-}$ is $....\,.$

(Round off to the Nearest Integer).

A

$5$

B

$10$

C

$15$

D

$20$

(JEE MAIN-2021)

Solution

$\sigma 1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 1^* \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2^* \mathrm{~s}^{2} \sigma 2 \mathrm{p}_{z}^{2} \pi 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}^{2}=\pi 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}^{2}$

$\pi 2^* \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}^{2}=\pi 2^* \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}^{2}$

Standard 11
Chemistry

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