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In O2 (O-O) the number of electrons whic...

In `O_2` (O-O) the number of electrons which are paired is

A

14

B

16

C

8

D

7

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A
`O_2` has two unpaired `e^-` in antibonding molecular orbital. Therefore number of paired `e^-` is 14
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