Question

Determine the bond order for 02 and 02
2
and indicate their magnetic behaviour.

Answer 1

Answer on Question #48950 – Chemistry – Inorganic Chemistry

Question:

Determine the bond order for $\mathrm{O}_2$ and $\mathrm{O}_2^2$ and indicate their magnetic behaviour.

Answer:

According to the MO (Molecular orbital) model molecules have the following orbital diagrams:

Bond orders are defined as a half of a difference between the numbers of electrons laying on the bonding and antibonding orbitals, respectively. The appearance of unpaired electrons makes a substance paramagnetic.

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