Question

how to calculate bond order of CO3 2-

Answer 1

 Best Answer

Bond order is number of bonds over number of "connections". One carbon connects to three oxygens. That's three "connections". There is one double bond though so the number of bonds is 4. Thus, 4/3

Answer 2

Answer:4/3=1.33

Explanation:

Bond order=(total no. of bonds)/(no. of resonating structures)

The molecule has 4 bonds and 3 resonating structures.

Or

Bond order=(total bonds)/(total atoms connected)

The molecule has 4 bonds in total (3 sigma 1π) and C is connected to 3 O atoms.