Consider theH2+ ion.
(a) Sketch the molecular orbitals of the ion and draw its energy-level diagram.
(b) How many electrons are there in the H2+ ion?
(c) Draw the electron configuration of the ion in terms of its MOs.
(d) What is the bond order in H2+ ?
(e) Suppose that the ion is excited by light so that an electron moves from a lower-energy to a higherenergy MO.Would you expect the excited-state H2+ ion to be stable or to fall apart? Explain.