Which One, If Any, of the Following Statements About the MO

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which one, if any, of the following statements about the MO treatment of the bonding in benzene is correct?

• A) MO theory uses resonance to describe the delocalized nature of the bonding in benzene.
• B) The lowest energy pi-bonding orbital in benzene can hold up to 6 electrons.
• C) MO theory predicts that benzene should be paramagnetic.
• D) The lowest energy pi-bonding MO in benzene has two hexagonal lobes, above and below the plane of the carbon atoms.
• E) None of the above statements is correct.

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