Answer to Question #192970 in Inorganic Chemistry for Caylin Adams

Question

Good afternoon

My question is:

Consider the four ions C₂, C₂ ²⁺, C₂ ⁺ and C₂ ^2- . Using an argument based on The Molecular Orbital Theory

a) Rank the species in order of decreasing bond dissociation energy. SHOW ALL CALCULATIONS

b)Which of these species would you expect to be paramagnetic or diamagnetic? Illustrate your answers with suitable MO diagrams

Answer 1

a) $C_2 ^{2+} - C_2 ^{+}-C_2-C_2 ^{2-}$

b) $C_2$