Which of the following statements are correct regarding bonding and antibonding

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Which of the following statements are correct regarding bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals? Choose all correct statements.

Antibonding molecular orbitals are due to out-of-phase destructive overlap of two atomic orbitals

Antibonding molecular orbitals have higher energy than their parent atomic orbitals

Bonding molecular orbitals are due to in-phase constructive overlap of two atomic orbitals.

Bonding molecular orbitals have lower energy than their parent atomic orbitals

Both bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals will contribute the same toward bonding in the molecule

Explanation / Answer

The correct statements regarding bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals are listed below:

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