Which of the following is not correct w.r.t. the salient features of MOT?

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Two atomic orbitals combine to form two molecular orbitals. One is known as bonding molecular orbital and the other is called as antibonding molecular orbital.

Bonding molecular orbitals have lower energy and stabilise the species than the corresponding antibonding molecular orbitals which de stabilise the species.

Electron probability distribution around a group of nuclei in a molecule is given by a molecular orbital.

Pauli's principle and Hund's rule do not apply on molecular orbitals while special aufbau principle is applicable.

answer is D.

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Hund's rule is obeyed as in atomic orbitals. A molecular orbital as an atomic orbital can contain at the most two electrons with opposite spins-a corollary of Pauli's principle.

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