Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure Question 361

Question: According to molecular orbital theory which of the following statement about the magnetic character and bond order is correct regarding $ O_2^{+} $

Options:

A) Paramagnetic and bond order< $ O_2 $

B) Paramagnetic and bond order> $ O_2 $

C) Dimagnetic and bond order< $ O_2 $

D) Dimagnetic and bond order> $ O_2 $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ O_2 $ : $ \sigma 1s^{2},{{\sigma }^{*}}1s^{2},\sigma 2s^{2},{{\sigma }^{*}}2s^{2},\sigma 2p_x^{2} \begin{matrix} \pi 2p_y^{2} \\ {} \\ \pi 2p_z^{2} \\ \end{matrix} .\ \begin{matrix} {{\pi }^{*}}2p_y^{1} \\ {} \\ {{\pi }^{*}}2p_z^{1} \\ \end{matrix} . $

Bond order $ =\frac{10-6}{2}=2.0 $ (Two unpaired electrons in antibonding molecular orbital) $ O_2^{+}:\sigma 1s^{2},{{\sigma }^{*}}1s^{2},\sigma 2s^{2},{{\sigma }^{*}}2s^{2},\sigma 2p_x^{2} \begin{matrix} \pi 2py^{2} \\ \pi 2pz^{2} \\ \end{matrix} . \begin{matrix} {{\pi }^{*}}2py^{1} \\ {{\pi }^{*}}2pz^{0} \\ \end{matrix} . $

Bond order $ =\frac{10-5}{2}=2.5 $ (One unpaired electron in antibonding molecular orbital so it is paramagnetic)



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