My textbook writes that
The net energy stabilization due to the occupation of a bonding MO is equal to the net energy destabilization due to the occupation of the corresponding antibonding MO.
Essentially, it claims that these two quantities are equal.
(Image source: SparkNotes)
Shouldn't the antibonding orbital be destabilized more than the bonding orbital is stabilized, though?
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