Question

Assertion: The molecular orbitals with higher energy are called antibonding orbitals.
Reason: The antibonding nature of a molecular orbital is indicated by an asterisk over its designation​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Assertion: The molecular orbitals with higher energy are called antibonding orbitals.

Reason: The antibonding nature of a molecular orbital is indicated by an asterisk over its designation​

Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

• The molecular orbital approach to bonding suggests that the atomic orbitals get combined to give rise to new molecular orbitals.
• It occurs by the linear combination of atomic orbitals.
• The bonding molecular orbitals have a lower energy than the antibonding molecular orbitals because there is comparatively less electron density in the latter.
• Also, the antibonding orbitals are designated by an asterisk over its symbol.
• So, both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.