Which of the following sets of species have similar bond order?
Which of the following sets of species have similar bond order?
- \(\mathrm{N}_2, \mathrm{O}_2^{2-}, \mathrm{NO}^{+}\)
- \(\mathrm{N}_2, \mathrm{~F}_2, \mathrm{O}_2^{2-}\)
- \(\mathrm{N}_2, \mathrm{~N}_2^{2-}, \mathrm{O}_2^{-}\)
- \(\mathrm{N}_2, \mathrm{CO}, \mathrm{NO}^{+}\)
Solution
Bond order, \(\mathrm{BO}=\frac{N_b-N_a}{2}\)
\(\begin{aligned}
\Rightarrow \mathrm{N}_2\left(14 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-4}{2}=3 \\
\mathrm{O}_2^{2-}\left(18 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-8}{2}=1 \\
\mathrm{NO}^{+}\left(14 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-4}{2}=3 \\
\mathrm{~F}_2\left(18 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-8}{2}=1 \\
\mathrm{~N}_2^{2-}\left(16 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-6}{2}=2 \\
\mathrm{O}_2^{-}\left(17 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-7}{2}=1.5 \\
\mathrm{CO}\left(14 e^{-}\right): \mathrm{BO} & =\frac{10-4}{2}=3
\end{aligned}\)
So, \(\left(\mathrm{N}_2, \mathrm{CO}, \mathrm{NO}^{+}\right)\)have similar bond order, 3 .
Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (17 Sep Shift 1)
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