*71. The MO of the ground state of a heteronuclear diatomicmolecule AB isalr mol = CAp + Cx«"If a bonding electron spends 90% of its time in an orbitalA on atom A and 10% of its time in ç" on atom B, whatare the values of C, and C? (Neglect the overlap of thetwo orbitals.)

The calculation of probability density can be done using the following equation (1).

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*71. The MO of the ground state of a heteronuclear diatomic molecule AB is alr mol = CAp + Cx«" If a bonding electron spends 90% of its time in an orbital A on atom A and 10% of its time in ç" on atom B, what are the values of C, and C? (Neglect the overlap of the two orbitals.)