Orbitals and Electron Configurations Part 2

I discuss orbitals and electron configurations for diatomic molecules, and generalizations to polyatomic molecules

[@mateuszmeller1670]

Thank you for the fantastic lecture

[@zulqarnainchaughtai]

For molecules which have Pi-orbitals lower in energy as compared to sigma orbital due to sigma-pi crossover, does it mean pi bonds are stronger than sigma according to MOT?

[@DavidSherrill1]

Yes, I suppose it does imply that the pi bonds are stronger in those situations

[@zulqarnainchaughtai]

@@DavidSherrill1 Does photoelectron spectroscopy support this implication?

[@DavidSherrill1]

@@zulqarnainchaughtai Excellent question! I don't know, I haven't looked into it.