27. What is meant by the term bond order according to MOT? Write the molecular
orbital electronic configuration of N, and calculate its bond order.
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Bond order is defined as half the difference between the number of bonding and antibonding electrons
The electronic configuration of nitrogen (Z=7) = 1s2 2s2 2px12py12pz1. The total number of electrons present in the nitrogen molecule (N2) is 14. ... In calculating bond order, we can ignore KK', as it includes two bonding and two antibonding electrons.
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