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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Stability of the species Li2, Li2– and Li2+ increases in the order of :
(1) Li2
(2) Li2–
(3) Li2
(4) Li2–

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
Bond order of Li2 is 1. Bond order of Li2+ is 0.5. Bond order of Li2– is 0.5. Stability will depend on the bond order. Li2+ is more stable than Li2– because the higher interelectronic repulsion in Li2– makes it least stable. So the order is Li2 > Li2+ >Li2–.
Hence option (2) is the answer.


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