Question

(a) What is the probability of finding an electron on the internuclear axis if the electron occupies a π molecular orbital? (b) For a homonuclear diatomic molecule, what similarities and differences are there between the π_2p MO made from the 2p_x atomic orbitals and the π_2p MO made from the 2p_y atomic orbitals? (c) How do the π*_2p MOs formed from the 2p_x and 2p_y atomic orbitals differ from the π_2p MOs in terms of energies and electron distributions?