Two homo-diatomic molecules $'X'_2$ and $'Y'_2$ have same bond order then select the CORRECT statement

  • A

    Both must have same number of total antibonding electrons

  • B

    Both must have same number of total bonding electrons

  • C

    Difference of total number of antibonding electron and bonding electron must be same for both molecules

  • D

    Both $(A)$ and $(B)$

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Choose correct order

Match each of the diatomic molecules in Column $I$ with its property / properties in Column $II$.

Column $I$ Column $II$
$(A)$ $\mathrm{B}_2$ $(p)$ Paramagnetic
$(B)$ $\mathrm{N}_2$ $(q)$ Undergoes oxidation
$(C)$ $\mathrm{O}_2^{-}$ $(r)$ Undergoes reduction
$(D)$ $\mathrm{O}_2$ $(s)$ Bond order $\geq 2$
  $(t)$ Mixing of ' $\mathrm{s}$ ' and ' $\mathrm{p}$ ' orbitals

  • [IIT 2009]

Bond order of $C_2$ vapour is :

Which of the following diatomic molecular species has only $\pi$ bonds according to Molecular Orbital Theory?

  • [NEET 2019]

A simplified application of $MO$ theory to the hypothitical molecule $'OF'$ would give its bond order as :-