(from the article `chemical bonding`) ...10 of these electrons occupy the net bonding orbitals; the remaining two occupy the lowest-energy antibonding orbital. In fact, this orbital is so ...
A molecular orbital derived only from an atomic orbital of one atom; lends neither stability nor instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons.
A molecular orbital derived only from an atomic orbital of one atom, lends neither stability nor instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons.