Using the molecular orbital energy diagram discuss the magnetic character of O2 molecule
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Notice that Molecular Orbital Theory predicts that O2 has two unpaired electrons in 2Px and 2Py degenerate oribitals. Unpaired electrons spin in the same direction as each other, which increases the magnetic field effect. So O2 becomes paramagnetic.
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