Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure

The \(\pi^*\) antibonding molecular orbital has a node between the nuclei.

In the formation of bonding molecular orbital, the two electron waves of the bonding atoms reinforce each other.

Molecular orbitals obtained from \(2 \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{x}}\) and \(2 \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{y}}\) orbitals are symmetrical around the bond axis.

A \(\pi\)-bonding molecular orbital has larger electron density above and below the internuclear axis.