antibonding molecular orbital
type: Thing
alternate name: antibonding orbital
alternate name: antibonding MO
description: type of molecular orbital (MO) that weakens the bond between two atoms and helps to raise the energy of the molecule relative to the separated atom; is normally higher in energy than bonding molecular orbital
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P279
  value: molecular orbital
additional property: PropertyValue
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additional property: PropertyValue
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  value: bond order
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  property ID: P3417
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    value: Q725417
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
    value label: molecular orbital
  P646:
    value: /m/0b1tp8
    source count: 1
    confidence: 0.2
  P1269:
    value: Q842809
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
    value label: bond order
  P3417:
    value: Antibonding
    source count: 1
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  P4732:
    value: AT06988
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P4746:
    value: 020469
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P6366:
    value: 95269574
    source count: 0
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  P10283:
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citations:
  source: OpenAlex
  stated in qid: Q107507571
  retrieved: 2022-01-26
citations:
  source: Freebase Data Dumps
  stated in qid: Q15241312
  pub year: 2013
citations:
  source: Quora
  stated in qid: Q51711
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  api version: v1
  served at: 2026-08-24T14:03:31.055560Z
  entity updated at: 2026-04-10T23:49:22.400215+00:00Z
  entity created at: 2026-04-10T23:49:22.400215+00:00Z