4.Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
hard

Which one of the following pairs of species have the same bond order ?

A

$O_2, NO^+$

B

$CN^-, CO$

C

$N_2, O_{2}^-$

D

$CO, NO$

(NEET-2017)

Solution

Total no. of electrons in $\mathrm{CN}^{-}$ is $14$

Total no. of electrons in $\mathrm{CO}$ is also $14$

hence B.O. of both $\mathrm{CN}^{-} \& \mathrm{CO}$ is $3$

Standard 11
Chemistry

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