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antibonding, or ?* orbital, is defined by the presence of one nodal plane between the two bonded atoms.

Sigma bonds are the strongest type of covalent bonds due to the direct overlap of orbitals, and the electrons in these bonds are sometimes referred to as sigma electrons.

The symbol ? is the Greek letter sigma. When viewed down the bond axis, a ? MO has a circular symmetry, hence resembling

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