Q.
The ground state electronic configuration of valence shell electrons in nitrogen molecule (N2) is written as KK,σ2s2,σ∗2s2,σ2px2,π2py2≈π2pz2
Bond order in nitrogen molecule is
1866
194
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Solution:
The MO configuration of N2 is KK,σ2s2,σ∗2s2,σ2px2,π2py2≈π2pz2
Bond order of N2=21[Nb−Na]=21[8−2]=26=3