Why higher energy ultraviolet light is requires to break the oxygen to oxygen bond in oxgygen gas compared?

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Higher energy ultraviolet light is required to break the oxygen-oxygen bond in oxygen gas (O2) compared to other molecules because the O-O bond in O2 is particularly strong due to its double bond nature. This bond requires more energy to break because it involves breaking both the sigma and pi bonds holding the two oxygen atoms together.

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