Is oxygen paramagnetic

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2026-04-26 11:15

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Oxygen, O2 is paramagnetic indicating 2 unpaired electrons, howver simple bonding schemes for O2 with its 12 electrons would predict that they would all be paired.

A molecular orbital treatment of O2 shows that there are two degenerate (equal energy) anti-bonding pi orbitals that each holds one electron.

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