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COMEDK · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Which of the following has the highest bond order?

  1. A \(\mathrm{N}_{2}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{O}_{2}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{He}_{2}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{H}_{2}\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{N}_{2}\)

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\(\mathrm{N}_{2}\) [14 electrons \(]=\) \(\sigma 1 s^{2}, \sigma^{\circ} 1 s^{2}, \sigma 2 s^{2}, \sigma^{*} 2 s^{2}, \pi 2 p_{x}^{2}=\pi 2 p_{y}^{2}, \sigma 2 p_{z}^{2}\) Bond order…