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Q. How many of these molecules are diamagnetic and have bond order more than $2$
$O_{2}^{2+}, C O, \bar{C} N, N O, N O^{+}, N_{2}, O_{2}^{+}, N_{2}^{2-}, O_{2}^{2-}$

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Solution:

$O_{2}^{2+}, C O, \bar{C} N, N O^{+}, N_{2}$ have bond order $3$ and are diamagnetic also.
$NO , O _{2}^{+}$have bond order $2.5$ but are paramagnetic.
$N_{2}^{2-}, O_{2}^{2-}$ have bond order $ 2 $ and $1$ respectively.