Bond Orders

Chemistry Level 2

Given,

Bond order of $\ce{{ { CO }_{ 3 } }^{ 2- }}$ is $\frac{ a }{ b }$ ; $a$ & $b$ are co-prime.

Bond order of $\ce{{ CO }_{ 2 }}$ is $c$ .

Bond order of $\ce{CO}$ is $d$ .

Find $a + b + c + d$ .

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1 solution

Spandan Senapati
Feb 21, 2017

In the first compound $BO=4/3(1+1/3)$ ,in the second compound its quite clear that the $BO=2$ .And in the third compound its $3$ (From MOT).