Which of the following has the highest bond order?

Practice Questions

Q1
Which of the following has the highest bond order?
  1. N2
  2. O2
  3. F2
  4. C2

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Which of the following has the highest bond order?
  • Step 1: Understand what bond order means. Bond order is a measure of the number of chemical bonds between a pair of atoms.
  • Step 2: Recall that bond order can be calculated using the formula: Bond Order = (Number of bonding electrons - Number of antibonding electrons) / 2.
  • Step 3: Identify the molecules or ions you are comparing. In this case, we are looking at N2 and possibly other options.
  • Step 4: For N2, determine the number of bonding and antibonding electrons. N2 has 10 bonding electrons and 0 antibonding electrons.
  • Step 5: Apply the bond order formula for N2: Bond Order = (10 - 0) / 2 = 5.
  • Step 6: Compare the bond order of N2 with the bond orders of the other options provided. N2 has a bond order of 3, which is the highest among the options.
  • Step 7: Conclude that N2 has the highest bond order of 3.
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