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Question
Which of the following pictorial diagram most correctly represents the $\pi^{*}$ ( $\pi$ - antibonding) molecular orbital between two atoms if the internuclear axis is taken to be in the z-direction $(\overset{\phantom{\text{~}\text{z-axis}\text{~}\ }}{\rightarrow})$ ?
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Solution
Sol. [Key Concept: A $\pi^{*}$ MO has a nodal plane through the bond and out-of-phase lobes across the internuclear axis; pick the destructive-overlap picture.]
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