Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 102

####104. Which of the following is paramagnetic?

[NEET 2013]

(a) O2

(b) CN

(c) NO+

(d) CO

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Solution:

  1. (a) Molecular orbital configuration of O2is

$O_2^{-}(17)=\sigma 1 s^{2}, \sigma^{} 1 s^{2}, \sigma 2 s^{2}, \sigma^{} 2 s^{2}$,

$\sigma 2 p_z{ }^{2}, \pi 2 p_x{ }^{2}=\pi 2 p_y{ }^{2}, \pi^{} 2 p_x{ }^{2}=\pi^{} 2 p_y{ }^{1}$



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