KCET2022ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
In oxygen and carbon molecule the bonding is
Options
- AO ₂: 2 , 0 ; C ₂: 0 , 2
- BO ₂: 1 , 1 ; C ₂: 0 , 2
- CO ₂: 0 , 2 ; C ₂: 2 , 0
- DO ₂: 1 , 1 ; C ₂: 1 , 1
Correct answer
B. O ₂: 1 , 1 ; C ₂: 0 , 2
Step-by-step solution
The bond order of C ₂ consists of both pi bond because of the presence of the four electrons in two pi molecular orbitals. Whereas in most of the other molecules a double bond is made up of a sigma bond and a pi bond. Thus, option (b) is correct.