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?

The electron probability clouds that are depicting the sigma bonding in the molecule are illustrated. The electron probability clouds involved in the pi bonding of the molecule are illustrated. The electron probability clouds that represent the lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom are illustrated. The core electron probability clouds on all atoms of the molecule are illustrated.

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

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The answer is:

The electron probability clouds that are depicting the sigma bonding in the molecule are illustrated.


The figure shows the end-on overlap of the single lobes of two sp-hybridized orbitals of C with the single lobes of a p-orbital on each O atom to form two sigma molecular orbitals.

When you look along the O-C-O bond axis:

(1) The molecular orbitals are symmetrical with respect to rotation about the bond axis.

(2) There are NO nodal planes passing through the bond axis.


These are the characteristics of sigma bonds

=> the figure shows the electron probability clouds of sigma bonding.

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