Shows how a set of three 

p orbitals is filled with one, two, three, and four

electrons.
 ELECTRONIC HUND’S RULE CONFIGURATION

The number of energy level is

RULES TO REMEMBER:
equal to the number of
The number of every level is equal
sublevels.
 Every orbital in a sublevel is singly to the number of sublevels.
occupied before any orbital is doubly Electrons they can
hold up
e=0
occupied. 2
Orbitals
n= 1 1s Sublevel
e=1
2 6
 All of the electrons in singly occupied n= 2 2s 2p e=2
orbitals have the same spin n=3 3s
2
3p 6 3d
10
e=3
(to maximize total spin). 2 10 14
no electron-electron electron-electron repulsion n= 4 4s 4p 6 4d 4f
repulsion equals lower energy equals higher energy

Hydrogen

correct incorrect Helium

ORBITAL FILLING DIAGRAM Lithium

Is the more visual way to represent the arrangement of all the electrons in a particular  atom. In an
orbital filling diagram, the individual orbitals are shown as squares and orbitals within a sublevel are
drawn next to each other horizontally. Each sublevel is labeled by its principal  energy level  and
sublevel. Electrons are indicated by arrows inside the circles. An arrow pointing upwards indicates one
spin direction, while a downward pointing arrow indicates the other direction. The orbital filling

S
diagrams for hydrogen, helium, and lithium are shown in Figure above.
The last rules for the construction of electron arrangements includes the
positioning of electrons one at a time within the same sub-level in a series of
orbitals. This decreases the inherent forces of repulsion that one electron
has toward another, while Hund's rule on the other hand states that before

P
any orbital is occupied by a second electron, orbitals of equal energy are
each occupied by one electron and that each of the single electrons must
have the same spin. (Examples are shown below)

Boron

D
Energy Boron
Carbon
The electron configuration of boron
Nitrogen is 1s²2s²2p¹, which means that there are two
electrons in the 1s orbital, two electrons in the
2s orbital, and one electron in the 2p orbitals.
Oxygen