(a) In the LCAO approximation, which of the following three pairs of atomic orbitals, centred on different atoms in a di
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(a) In the LCAO approximation, which of the following three pairs of atomic orbitals, centred on different atoms in a diatomic molecule, produce o molecular orbitals? (180, 180), (2Po, 2po). (2p₁.2P1). (b) The ground state of molecular oxygen is 10², 10², 20², 201, 30², 11, 1² and the ground state of molecular nitrogen is 10², 10, 20, 20, 1, 30%/- g' Given that log, 20g, 30g and 1 are bonding orbitals while lou, 20 and 17g are antibonding orbitals, what are the formal bond orders of the N₂ and O₂ molecules? Hence or otherwise explain which molecule has the lower dissociation energy.