The MO's of next lowest energy are n and it3. antibonding bonding bonding bonding nonbonding nonbonding antibonding bonding --node node Notice that and are of the same energy(they are said to be degenerate). They both comprise of 4 bonding interactions and two antibonding interactions(and one nodal plane). They are of the same energy as each other(overall a net two bonding interactions)and are overall bonding,but not as bonding(i.e.of low energy)as元， Ch16 Aromatic Compounds(landscape).docx page 10Ch16 Aromatic Compounds (landscape).docx page 10 The MO's of next lowest energy are 2 and 3. Notice that 2 and 3 are of the same energy (they are said to be degenerate). They both comprise of 4 bonding interactions and two antibonding interactions (and one nodal plane). They are of the same energy as each other (overall a net two bonding interactions) and are overall bonding, but not as bonding (i.e. of low energy) as 1