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The number of antibonding electron pairs in `O_(2)^(2-)` molecular ion on the basic of molecular orbital theory is

A

4

B

3

C

2

D

5

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a
`O_(2)^(2)` consists of four antibonding electron pair `[1s and 2s` have two antibonding, electron pair and `2p_(x), 2p_(y)` have two antibonding electron pair].
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