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Addition of an electron to an antibonding molecular orbital
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decreases bond order
Bond order = Number of bonding electrons
$\frac{- \text { Number of antibonding electrons }}{2}$
Addition of an electron to an antibonding molecular orbital results in overall decrease in bond order.
$\frac{- \text { Number of antibonding electrons }}{2}$
Addition of an electron to an antibonding molecular orbital results in overall decrease in bond order.
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