According to the polygon rule, the ground state molecular orbital energy diagram of cyclobutadiene shows that: there are two degenerate molecular orbitals with one electron each (degenerate means of equal energy). O A. there are two bonding molecular orbitals and two antibonding molecular orbitals. В. there are no nonbonding orbitals there are two paired electrons in the 12 molecular orbital. OD. O E. there are no electrons in the nonbonding orbitals

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According to the polygon rule, the ground state molecular orbital energy diagram of cyclobutadiene shows that:
there are two degenerate molecular orbitals with one electron each (degenerate means of equal energy).
OA.
O B.
there are two bonding molecular orbitals and two antibonding molecular orbitals.
there are no nonbonding orbitals
there are two paired electrons in the 12 molecular orbital.
OD.
there are no electrons in the nonbonding orbitals
OE.
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Transcribed Image Text:According to the polygon rule, the ground state molecular orbital energy diagram of cyclobutadiene shows that: there are two degenerate molecular orbitals with one electron each (degenerate means of equal energy). OA. O B. there are two bonding molecular orbitals and two antibonding molecular orbitals. there are no nonbonding orbitals there are two paired electrons in the 12 molecular orbital. OD. there are no electrons in the nonbonding orbitals OE. A Click Submit to complete this assessment. e here to search
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