Question

Explain the molecular orbital theory ??

Answer 1

In chemistry, molecular orbital(MO) theory is a method for determining molecular structure in which electrons are not assigned to individual bonds between atoms, but are treated as moving under the influence of the nuclei in the whole molecule.

Answer 2

In this, The number of bonds is half the difference in the bonding and anti-bonding electrons.

Special Points:-

• It helps in predicting the paramagnetic or diamagnetic character of the molecules.
• In this theory resonance is not at all considered.