If an extra electron is added to the hypothetical molecule C 2, this extra electron will occupy the molecular orbital :-

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If an extra electron is added to the hypothetical molecule C 2, this extra electron will occupy the molecular orbital :- (A) π2 P* (B) π2 P (C) σ2 P * (D) σ2 P

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Configuration of C 2 σ182 σ* 2 1s σ1s2 σ2 s * 2 π2 px 2=π2 py 2 σ2 pz an extra electron added to the σ2 p of the above configuration.

Q. If an extra electron is added to the hypothetical molecule $C_{2}$ , this extra electron will occupy the molecular orbital :-

$π_{2 P}^{*}$

$π_{2 P}$

$σ_{2 P}^{*}$

$σ_{2 P}$

Configuration of $C_{2}$
$σ_{18}^{2} σ_{1 s}^{* 2} σ_{1 s}^{2} σ_{2 s}^{* 2} π_{2 p x}^{2} = π_{2 p y}^{2} σ_{2 p z}$
an extra electron added to the $σ_{2 p}$ of the above configuration.

Q. If an extra electron is added to the hypothetical molecule C2​, this extra electron will occupy the molecular orbital :-

π2P∗​

π2P​

σ2P∗​

σ2P​