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The number of species from the following which are paramagnetic and with bond order equal to one is
H2,He2+,O2+,N22-,O22-,F2,Ne2+,B2
ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE MainJEE Main 2024 (29 Jan Shift 1)
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The correct answer is: 1

Paramagnetic molecules are those molecules in which unpaired electrons are present, while diamagnetic molecules are those in which unpaired electrons are absent.

The diatomic species with an odd number of electrons and those diatomic species that contain 10 or 16 electrons are paramagnetic. Among the given species O2+(15) and B2(10) are paramgnetic species.
The molecular orbital electronic configuration of B2 is.

B2:σ1s2, σ*1s2, σ2s2, σ*2s2, π2px1, π2py1

Bond order=Bonding electrons-antibonding electrons2

=6-42=22=1

Hence. the answer is 1

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