A molecule is stable when the number of ...

A molecule is stable when the number of bonding orbitals is ________.

A

greater than the number of antibonding orbitals

B

greater than or equal to the number of antibonding orbitals

C

equal to the number of antibonding orbitals

D

less than the number of antibonding orbitals

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A

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