Which mechanism diminishes bonding strength when filling antibonding molecular orbitals?

💡 Explanation

Destructive wave interference weakens bonding because electrons in antibonding orbitals counteract the stabilization from bonding orbitals; therefore bond order decreases, rather than increasing electrostatic attractions with more filled orbitals.

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