1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Chemistry
  4. Number of unpaired electrons in O2 molecule is

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. Number of unpaired electrons in $ {{O}_{2}} $ molecule is

CMC MedicalCMC Medical 2012

Solution:

$ {{O}_{2}}=8+8=16 $ $ =\sigma \,1{{s}^{2}},\overset{*}{\mathop{\sigma }}\,1{{s}^{2}},\sigma 2{{s}^{2}},\overset{*}{\mathop{\sigma }}\,2{{s}^{2}},\sigma 2p_{z}^{2}, $ $ \pi 2p_{y}^{2},\pi 2p_{x}^{2},\overset{*}{\mathop{\pi }}\,2p_{y}^{1}\overset{*}{\mathop{\pi }}\,2p_{x}^{1} $ $ \therefore $ Number of unpaired electrons = 2