Which of the following diatomic molecular species has only π bonds according to Molecular Orbital Theory?

Which of the following diatomic molecular species has only π bonds according to Molecular Orbital Theory?
  1. O2
  2. N2
  3. C2
  4. Be2

Solution

C2=12; σ1s2<σ*1s2<σ2s2<σ*2s2<π2px2=π2py2

So according to MOT, the orbitals involved in bonding are only pie orbital.

Hence C2 contains only π bonds.

Asked in: NEET 2019 (All India)

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