Q. The number of nodal planes present in antibonding orbitals is

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Solution:

In an antibonding molecular orbital, most of the electron density is located away from the space between the nuclei, as a result of which there is a nodal plane (ie, a plane at which the electron density is zero) between the nuclei.

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