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How will you account for paramagnetic character of o2?

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Answered by gauravarduino
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It shows that all the electrons in oxygen are paired, so oxygen should be diamagnetic. Yet oxygen is paramagnetic. ... The last two electrons go into separate, degenerate π orbitals, according to Hund's Rule. Thus, oxygen has two unpaired electrons and is paramagnetic.

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