Question

what is mean by the term bond order? calculate the bond order of N2 and O2?

Answer 1

bond order=1÷2na-1=2nb

Answer 2

Bond Order, as introduced by Linus Pauling, is defined as the difference between the number of bonds and anti-bonds. ... For example, in diatomic nitrogen N≡N the bond number is 3, in acetylene H−C≡C−H the bond number between the two carbon atoms is also 3, and the C−H bond order is 1

P2 bond order = 3 (like N2) S2 bond order = 2 (like O2) Cl2 bond order = 1 (like F2) Cl2 has the weakest bond. a bond order of 1.5. The Lewis structures have an unpaired electron and an average bond order of 1.5. O2 has two unpaired electrons in its π* orbitals, and a bond order of 2.