Question: (a) What is the probability of finding an electron on the inter-nuclear axis if the electron occupies a molecular orbital? (b) For a homo-nuclear

(a) What is the probability of finding an electron on the inter-nuclear axis if the electron occupies a π molecular orbital?
(b) For a homo-nuclear diatomic molecule, what similarities and differences are there between the π2p MO made from the 2px atomic orbitals and the π2p MO made from the 2py atomic orbitals?
(c) How do the π*2p MOs formed from the 2px and 2py atomic orbitals differ from the π2p MOs in terms of energies and electron distributions?

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