D. A. Evans. T. B. Dunn Conjugated pi systems Chem 206 6 p-orbitals antibond 5 p-orbitals 4 p-orbitals 3 p-orbitals Q00 811 2 p-orbitals 000000 66666 Q00 000000 0000 00000 000 000 00006666 00000( bonding There are no nodal planes in the most stable bonding MO. With each higher MO, one additional nodal plane is adder The more nodes, the higher the orbital energyC Y1 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y2 Y3 p p * D. A. Evans, T. B. Dunn Conjugated pi systems Chem 206 There are no nodal planes in the most stable bonding MO. With each higher MO, one additional nodal plane is added. The more nodes, the higher the orbital energy. bonding 2 p-orbitals 3 p-orbitals 4 p-orbitals 5 p-orbitals 6 p-orbitals antibonding nonbonding nonbonding