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ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

If -axis is the molecular axis, then -molecular orbitals are formed by the overlap of

Answer: (D)

Solution

Pi bonds form by side-on (lateral) overlap of p orbitals oriented perpendicular to the internuclear () axis, with the same orientation

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