JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

In which of the following ionisation processes, the bond order has increased and the magnetic behaviour has changed? **[AIEEE 2007]**

Answer: (B)

Solution

NO (15 valence electrons, bond order 2.5) is paramagnetic with one unpaired electron in . Removing this electron to form (14 valence electrons, isoelectronic with ) gives

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