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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

stability of the species Li, Li2(-) and Li2(+) increases in the order of:

Profile image of Jayant Kumar
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Karthikeyan
12 Years ago
Li2+ > Li > Li2- will be the order of stability as stability is directly proportion to bond order
Profile image of Munish Raj
9 Years ago
Bond order of li2 is 1 while li2- and li2+ is o. 5So li2 is more stable among 3 ,Now in li2- and li2+ we have to check antibonding electron,, less antibonding more stability. Hence li2+ contain 2 antibonding, li2- contains 3 antibonding. Hence li2+>li2-So finally Li2>li2+ >li2-