Interpretation:
The ground state configuration, bond order and the bond length of the species has to be given.
Concept Introduction:
Bond order of a molecule or ion is calculated by the following formula,
Bond order
Where,
Explanation of Solution
The ground state electronic configuration is the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom with lower energy levels.
Ground state electronic configurations of three species are as follows,
Bond order calculation:
Bond order of
The bond order of
Bond order of
The bond order of
Bond order of
The bond order of
Bond order of the species affects the bond length of the compound inversely. If the bond order is low then the molecule has the longest bond length, if the bond order is high then its bond length will be shorter.
The increasing order of bond length is
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