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Which of the following is paramagnetic as well as it has fractional bond order ? 

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Important Questions on Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

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Which one of the following molecules is expected to exhibit paramagnetic behaviour?
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Decreasing order of stability of O2, O2-, O2+ and O22- is:

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In which of the following pairs of molecules/ions, both the species are not likely to exist?
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A homonuclear diatomic gas molecule shows 2-electron magnetic moment. The one-electron and two-electron reduced species obtained from above gas molecule can act as both oxidising and reducing agents. When the gas molecule is one-electron oxidised the bond length decreases compared to the neutral molecule. The gas molecule is
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Stability of the species  Li 2 , Li 2 - and Li 2 +  increases in the order of
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Which one of the following properties is not shown by NO ?
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After understanding the assertion and reason, choose the correct option.

Assertion: In the bonding molecular orbital (MO) of H 2 , electron density is increased between the nuclei.
Reason: The bonding MO is ψA+ψB , which shows destructive interference of the combining electron waves.
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Which one of the following pairs of species has the same bond order?
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Which one of the following molecules is paramagnetic?
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In which of the following processes, the bond order has increased and paramagnetic character has changed to diamagnetic?
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Bond order of He2 , He2+ and He22+ are respectively
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Consider the following species:

(i) O 2 2

(ii) C O +

(iii) O 2 +

Among the following, sigma bond alone is present in -