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Which of the following statements about Molecular Orbital Theory is FALSE?

A. Electrons placed in antibonding orbitals stabilize the ion/molecule.

B. When two atomic orbitals come together to form two molecular orbitals, one molecular orbital will be lower in energy than the two separate atomic orbitals and one molecular orbital will be higher in energy than the separate atomic orbitals.

C. If bond order = 0, then bond is unstable compared to individual atoms and no bond will form.

D. The total number of molecular orbitals formed always equal the number of atomic orbitals in the set.

E. The maximum number of electrons in each molecular orbital is two.

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