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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Arrange the following species in the decreasing order of their bond orders:

  1. A (I) \(>\) (II) \(>\) (III)
  2. B (II) \(>\) (I) \(>\) (III)
  3. C (II) \(>\) (III) \(>\) (I)
  4. D (III) \(>\) (II) \(>\) (I)
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(B) (II) \(>\) (I) \(>\) (III)

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( The strength of bond is determined by bond order (BO). Number of electrons in bonding molecular orbital (a) - Number of electrons in \[ \mathrm{BO}=\frac{\text { antibonding molecular orbital }(b)}{2} \]