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Q. $2s$ and $2p$ -atomic orbitals combine to give how many molecular orbitals?

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

$2s \rightarrow \left(\sigma 2s\right)\left(\sigma^* 2s\right)\left(2\right)$
$ 2p \rightarrow \left(\sigma 2p_{z}\right)\left(\sigma^* 2p_{z}\right)\left(\pi 2p_{x}\right)\left(\pi^*2p_{x}\right)\left(\pi2p_{y}\right)\left(\pi^* 2p_{y}\right)\left(6\right)$