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Oxygen Is Paramagnetic and Has a Bond Order of Two

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Oxygen is paramagnetic and has a bond order of two. Which of the following represents the ground electronic state for oxygen?


A) (σ11) 2(σ12.) 2(σ22) 2(σ22.) 2(σ2p1) 2\left(\sigma_{1_{1}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{1_{2}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{2}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{2}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{p_{1}}}\right) ^{2}(π2px) 2(π2py) 2\left(\pi_{2 _{px}}\right) ^{2}\left(\pi_{2 _{py}}\right) ^{2}(π2px.) 1\left(\pi_{2_{px}}^{.}\right) ^{1}(π2py.) 1\left(\pi_{2_{py}}^{.}\right) ^{1}
B) (σ11) 2\left(\sigma_{1_{1}}\right) ^{2}(σ11.) 2(σ12) 2(σ22.) 2(σ2pt) 2(σ2pt.) 2\left(\sigma_{1_{1}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{1_{2}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{2}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{pt}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{p_{t}}}^{.}\right) ^{2}(π2px) 2(π2py) 2\left(\pi_{2 _{px}}\right) ^{2}\left(\pi_{2 _{py}}\right) ^{2}
C) (σ1i) 2(σ11.) 2(σ22) 2(σ22.) 2(σ2pt) 2\left(\sigma_{1_{i}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{1_{1}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{2}}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{2}}^{.}\right) ^{2}\left(\sigma_{2_{p_{t}}}\right) ^{2}(π2px) 1(π2py) 1\left(\pi_{2_{px}}\right) ^{1}\left(\pi_{2_{py}}\right) ^{1}
D) A and C are equally probable
E) None of the above

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