Question

The removal of an electron that forms an anti-bonding molecular orbital results in
increase in bond order
B) decrease in bond order
C) decrease bond dissociation energy D) none of the above

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Answer 1

Answer:

ANSWER

N

2

(total electrons=14)

σ1s

2

,

σ

★

1s

2

,σ2s

2

,

σ

★

2s

2

,π2P

x

2

,≈π2p

y

2

,σ2p

x

2

F

2

(total electrons=18)

σ1s

2

,

σ

★

1s

2

,σ2s

2

,

σ

★

2s

2

,,σ2p

x

2

π2p

x

2

≈π2p

y

2

,

π

★

2p

x

2

≈

π

★

2p

y

2

For N

2

, the valence orbital is bonding molecular orbital and for F

2

, it is antibonding molecular orbital.

So, bond order decrease by 0.5 in the former and increase by 0.6 in the latter.