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Compare the bond lengths between co bonds and co2 bonds

Compare the bond lengths between co bonds and co2 bonds

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Saurabh Koranglekar
askIITians Faculty 10335 Points
3 years ago
Vikas TU
14149 Points
3 years ago
Since Bond length is inversely proportional to bond order , and bond order depends on number of bonds, here as CO will have triple bonds, CO2 will have two double bonds(linear structure with carbon as central atom O=C=O) however in case of CO3^-2 the bond character lies between single and double bond due to resonance.
Yashraj
908 Points
3 years ago
in co2 there is more repulsion so more is the bond length try to link bond length with repulsion and geometry
Arun
25750 Points
3 years ago

Since Bond length is inversely proportional to bond order , and bond order depends on number of bonds, here as CO will have triple bonds, CO2 will have two double bonds(linear structure with carbon as central atom O=C=O) however in case of CO3^-2 the bond character lies between single and double bond due to resonance.

Hence bond length order will be CO3^-2>CO2 >CO.

MANTHAN RAO
46 Points
3 years ago

Since Bond length is inversely proportional to bond order , and bond order depends on number of bonds, here as CO will have triple bonds, CO2 will have two double bonds(linear structure with carbon as central atom O=C=O) however in case of CO3^-2 the bond character lies between single and double bond due to resonance.

Hence bond length order will be CO3^-2>CO2 >CO.

Note: We can also compare bond length in terms of value's of bond order CO3^-2(B.O=1.33)>CO2(B.O=2) >CO(B.O=3.5

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