Examine the figure below, and determine which one of the following statements re

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Examine the figure below, and determine which one of the following statements regarding the depiction of the carbon dioxide molecule is true? aThe electron probability clouds that are depicting the sigma bonding in the molecule are illustrated. b The electron probability clouds involved in the pi bonding of the molecule are illustrated. cThe electron probability clouds that represent the lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom are illustrated. d The core electron probability clouds on all atoms of the molecule are illustrated.

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Statement b) is correct which states b) The electron probability clouds involved in the pi bonding of the molecule are illustrated. pi bonds (p bonds) are covalent chemical bonds where two lobes of one involved atomic orbital overlap two lobes of the other involved atomic orbital. These orbitals share a nodal plane which passes through both of the involved nuclei.Pi bonds are usually weaker than sigma bonds. From the perspective of quantum mechanics, this bond's weakness is explained by significantly less overlap between the component p-orbitals due to their parallel orientation. Pi bonds result from overlap of atomic orbitals that are in contact through two areas of overlap. Pi-bonds are more diffuse bonds than the sigma bonds. Electrons in pi bonds are sometimes referred to as pi electrons. Molecular fragments joined by a pi bond cannot rotate about that bond without breaking the pi bond, because rotation involves destroying the parallel orientation of the constituent p orbitals.

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