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MO diagram : When calculating bond order, do we include non bonding electrons as well?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    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:

    http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am...

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    6 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 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.

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