Which of the following is not true about molecular orbital theory?

A. The bonding molecular orbital is filled before the antibonding orbital.
B. Each molecular orbital can accommodate only one electron.
C. The number of molecular orbitals formed is often equal to the number of atomic orbitals that combine to make them.
D. A bonding molecular orbital is σ, and an antibonding molecular orbital is σ*.

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I'm not a big MO guy but I would look at b as the false statement.