Use MO diagram to calculate the bond order for F- with F+ and what is the stability calculation of the bond
Solution.
The electronic configuration of neutral fluorine atom is 1s22s22p5;
F- ion has one more electron 1s22s22p6
F+ ion has one less electron 1s22s22p4
The MO diagram of the F2 formation resulting from interation between F- and F+ given below:
The bond order can be calculated as
The number bonding is 10, and number of antibonding is 8; the bond order is (10-8)/2 = 1. Bond order is the number of chemical bonds between a pair of atoms and indicates the stability of a bond. If the bond order is greater than 0, the molecule is stable. So, the bond between F- with F+ is stable.
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