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Grade 8Organic Chemistry

Question: What is the bond order of NO molecule?
A
1
B
2
C
2.5
D
3

Profile image of Shamit Jain
5 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Omveer Singh
5 Years ago

The fact that NO has a bond order of 2.5 means that the bonding in NO is weaker than the N-N bond in N2. In MO theory, bond order is half the difference between the numbers of electrons in the bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals. ... Hence, bond order of NO = 1/2 (10-5) = 2.5.