{"id":190722,"date":"2025-02-13T07:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=190722"},"modified":"2025-02-13T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:36:41","slug":"which-lists-information-about-some-diatomic-molecules-or-molecular-ions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/13\/which-lists-information-about-some-diatomic-molecules-or-molecular-ions\/","title":{"rendered":"which lists information about some diatomic molecules or molecular ions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Complete the table below, which lists information about some diatomic molecules or molecular ions. In particular: \u2022 Decide whether each molecule is stable or not. \u2022 Decide whether each molecule would be diamagnetic or paramagnetic. \u2022 Calculate each molecule&#8217;s bond order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-447.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190723\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The given table lists four diatomic molecules\/molecular ions: H\u2082\u207a, He\u2082, Li\u2082\u207b, and B\u2082. To complete the table, I&#8217;ll address the stability, magnetism, and bond order for each molecule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H\u2082\u207a (Hydrogen molecular ion)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stability:<\/strong> Stable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnetism:<\/strong> Paramagnetic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bond Order:<\/strong> 0.5 <strong>Explanation:<\/strong> H\u2082\u207a has 1 electron. Its electronic configuration can be represented as \u03c3\u2081s\u00b9. The bond order, calculated as (number of bonding electrons &#8211; number of antibonding electrons)\/2, is (1-0)\/2 = 0.5. A bond order of 0.5 indicates that H\u2082\u207a is less stable compared to H\u2082 but still exists. It is paramagnetic because it has one unpaired electron.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>He\u2082 (Helium molecule)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stability:<\/strong> Not stable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnetism:<\/strong> Diamagnetic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bond Order:<\/strong> 0 <strong>Explanation:<\/strong> He\u2082 would have a total of 4 electrons, filling both the \u03c3\u2081s and \u03c3\u2081s* molecular orbitals (\u03c3\u2081s\u00b2 \u03c3\u2081s*\u00b2). The bond order calculation is (2 bonding electrons &#8211; 2 antibonding electrons)\/2 = 0. A bond order of 0 indicates that there is no net bonding, rendering He\u2082 unstable. All electrons are paired, making it diamagnetic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Li\u2082\u207b (Lithium anion)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stability:<\/strong> Stable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnetism:<\/strong> Diamagnetic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bond Order:<\/strong> 1 <strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Li\u2082\u207b has 7 electrons. The electronic configuration up to Li\u2082\u207b is \u03c3\u2081s\u00b2 \u03c3\u2082s\u00b2 \u03c0\u2082p\u1dbb\u207b\u00b9. The bond order is (4 bonding electrons &#8211; 2 antibonding electrons)\/2 = 1. A bond order of 1 means Li\u2082\u207b is stable. All electrons are paired, hence it is diamagnetic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>B\u2082 (Boron molecule)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stability:<\/strong> Stable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnetism:<\/strong> Paramagnetic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bond Order:<\/strong> 1 <strong>Explanation:<\/strong> B\u2082 has 10 electrons. The electronic configuration is \u03c3\u2082s\u00b2 \u03c3\u2082s*\u00b2 \u03c0\u2082p\u2093\u00b2 \u03c0\u2082p\u1d67\u00b2. The bond order is (6 bonding electrons &#8211; 4 antibonding electrons)\/2 = 1. Despite a relatively low bond order of 1, B\u2082 is stable. It is paramagnetic due to two unpaired electrons in the \u03c0\u2082p orbitals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I&#8217;ll generate an image reflecting the completed table with these details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the image of the completed table with the details for each molecule: stability, magnetism, and bond order. This visual representation can help in understanding the properties of each diatomic molecule or molecular ion listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-448.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190724\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete the table below, which lists information about some diatomic molecules or molecular ions. In particular: \u2022 Decide whether each molecule is stable or not. \u2022 Decide whether each molecule would be diamagnetic or paramagnetic. \u2022 Calculate each molecule&#8217;s bond order. The Correct Answer and Explanation is : The given table lists four diatomic molecules\/molecular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}