According to MO theory, what does the overlap of two s atomic orbitals produce?

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According to MO theory, what does the overlap of two s atomic orbitals produce?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-19T05:02:57

It makes one $σ_{n s}$ $sigma_(ns)$ and one $σ_{n s}^{*}$ $sigma_(ns)^"*"$ molecular orbital (MO). These are known as bonding and antibonding MOs, respectively.

A simple depiction of these MOs is in an MO diagram:

And a depiction of $n s$ $ns$ sigma bonding and $n p$ $np$ pi bonding is:

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Answer 2 · 2016-11-19T05:04:45

The overlap of 2 atomic orbitals produces molecular orbitals

Explanation:

The 2 MO are the bonding and the antibonding molecular orbitals

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