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MO diagram : When calculating bond order, do we include non bonding electrons as well?
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Nonbonding electrons such as lone pairs make no contribution to the bond order.
Bond Order = ½[Σ (bonding e⁻) - Σ (antibonding e���)]
It can however become tricky determining if an MO is nonbonding; I've recently discussed the problem here:
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MO diagram : When calculating bond order, do we include non bonding electrons as well?
Source(s): mo diagram calculating bond order include bonding electrons well: https://shortly.im/MhsjB - ?Lv 45 years ago
in NO3^- central n atom has 5 valence electrons.1 pair forms coordinate covalent bond with o atom .there are two sigma bond and a pi bond with other two o atoms.this leaves no electrons on the n atom.
