Which statment below regarding molecular orbitals and electron-filling order is FALSE?
A) The constructive overlap of atomic orbitals produces lower-energy bonding MOs.
B) All types of atomic orbitals mix equally well as long as they are of the same subshell type (s, p, etc.) .
C) Electrons fill MOs from lowest energy to highest energy in the ground-state molecule.
D) Electrons spread out between degenerate MOs before pairing spins in the same MO.
E) Each MO can hold no more than two electrons with opposite spins.
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