5. What is the bond order in O2 6. Draw the molecular orbital diagram for B2. The number of unpaired electrons in the B2 molecule is 7. Which one of the following statements is false? (a) Valence bond theory and molecular orbital theory can be described as two different views of the same thing. (b) When one considers the molecular orbitals resulting from the overlap of any two specific atomic orbitals, the bonding orbitals are always lower in energy than the antibonding orbitals atomic orbitals. bond in the nitrogen molecule, N2. paramagnetism of the oxygen molecule, O2 (c) Molecular orbitals are generally described as being more delocalized than hybridized (d) One of the shortcomings of molecular orbital theory is its inability to account for a triple (e) One of the shortcomings of valence bond theory is its inability to account for the