Bond order is a concept in the molecular orbital theory. It depends on the number of electrons in the bonding and antibonding orbitals. Which of the following statements is true about it ? The bond order

  • [AIIMS 1980]
  • A

    Can assume any positive or integral or fractional value including zero

  • B

    Has always an integral value

  • C

    Can have a negative quantity

  • D

    Is a non zero quantity

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The molecular orbital configuration of a diatomic molecule is

$\sigma \,\,1{s^2}\,\,{\sigma ^*}\,\,1{s^2}\,\sigma \,\,2{s^2}\,{\sigma ^*}\,2{s^2}\,\,\sigma \,2p_x^2\,\left\{ {{}_{\pi \,2p_z^2}^{\pi \,2p_y^2}} \right.$ 

Its bond order is

Calculate the bond order of ${{\rm{N}}_2},{{\rm{O}}_2}{\rm{,O}}_2^ + $ and ${\rm{O}}_2^ - $

Which of the following is paramagnetic

When ${N_2}$ goes to $N_2^ + ,$ the $N - N$ bond distance ..... and when ${O_2}$ goes to $O_2^ + ,$ the $O - O$ bond distance .......

  • [IIT 1996]

How many molecular orbitals filled with one or more electrons present in $N_2^+$ ?