Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure Question 318

Question: Which of the following molecule is paramagnetic [CPMT 1980; RPET 1999;MP PMT 1999; RPMT 2000]

Options:

A) Chlorine

B) Nitrogen

C) Oxygen

D) Hydrogen

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Oxygen is paramagnetic due to the presence of two unpaired electron: $ O_2=\sigma {{(1s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(1s)}^{2}}\sigma {{(2s)}^{2}}{{\sigma }^{*}}{{(2s)}^{2}} $

$ \sigma {{(2p_{x})}^{2}}\pi {{(2p_{y})}^{2}}\pi {{(2p_{x})}^{2}}{{\pi }^{*}}{{(2p_{y})}^{1}}{{\pi }^{*}}{{(2p_{z})}^{1}} $



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