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  4. Thermal decomposition of AgNO 3 produces two paramagnetic gases. The total number of electrons present in the antibonding molecular orbitals of the gas that has the higher number of unpaired electrons is

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Q. Thermal decomposition of $AgNO _3$ produces two paramagnetic gases. The total number of electrons present in the antibonding molecular orbitals of the gas that has the higher number of unpaired electrons is _____

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Solution:

$AgNO _3 \rightarrow 2 Ag +2 NO _2+1 / 2 O _2$
- Both $NO _2 \& O _2$ are paramagnetic
$- NO _2$ is odd electron molecule with one unpaired electron
$- O _2$ has two unpaired electrons
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Total number of antibonding electrons $=6$