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QAIPMT-2009-Ch-2124: NEET 2009 Chemistry - Class 11 AIPMT-2009-Ch-2124 Solution: According to MO theory which of the lists ranks the nitrogen…
According to MO theory which of the lists ranks the nitrogen species in terms of increasing bond order?
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According to MOT, the molecular orbital electronic configuration of
N 2 : ( _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ 2 s ) 2 ( _ _ 2 s ) 2 ( � 2 p x ) 2 ( � 2 p y ) 2 ( � 2 p z ) 2
_ B.O = 10 _ 4 2 = 3
N 2 _ : ( _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ 2 s ) 2 ( _ _ 2 s ) 2 ( � 2 p x ) 2 ( � 2 p y ) 2 ( � 2 p z ) 2 ( � _ 2 p x ) 1
_ B.O = 10 _ 5 2 = 2.5
N 2 2 _ : ( _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ _ 1 s ) 2 ( _ 2 s ) 2 ( _ _ 2 s ) 2 ( � 2 p x ) 2 ( � 2 p y ) 2 ( � 2 p z ) 2 ( � _ 2 p x ) 1 ( � _ 2 p y ) 1
_ B.O = 10 _ 6 2 = 2
Hence the order : N 2 2 _ < N 2 _ < N 2