Question

@nincompoop

Answer 1

Use molecular orbital theory to calculate the bond order of a diatomic moron molecule. Use molecular orbital theory to predict whether or not a diatomic boron molecule is paramagnetic.

Answer 2

who is moron molecule?

Answer 3

Boron*

Answer 4

laughing hysterically inside my head

Answer 5

draw the energy diagram

Answer 6

I.. didn't draw one. Didn't learn how to do it. I assumed it was straight forward like the electron orbital stuff and you could do it off of periodic table

Answer 7

no laughing hysterically inside my head but you can imagine it

Answer 8

I do not have my bamboo with me

Answer 9

What am I looking at exactly?

Answer 10

what you need to learn and do before you use the (bonding-anti-boding)/2

Answer 11

Gotcha lol

Answer 12

or you can use electron configuration to find out quickly
but that is a bit tricky because it is only for a single atom that you can tell whether there will be an unpaired or paired by configuration without doing the lines

Answer 13

you've learned that right?

Answer 14

There has to be a quick and easy way to do this v,v it looks familiar yeah

Answer 15

well what you're doing in MO is a culmination of those small things

Answer 16

cumulation

Answer 17

Like, electron orbitals were confusing until I learned it quickly off periodic table and then it was fine

Answer 18

The basics of the basics on this topic shouldn't be this confusing in general chem

Answer 19

ya these are one of those diagrams

Answer 20

different ways of picturing it

Answer 21

this is what you start with MO theory after you get the concept