Why co+ has bond order of 3.5?
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Strictly speaking there are no non-bonding orbitals. It is 3.5 due to synergic bond in CO which release a lot of energy hence which upgrade the energy of antibonding 2σ, and when we change CO to CO+ electrone is released from 2σ antibonding, resulting in bond order of 3.5
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