Which statements are true? 1. The higher the molecular orbital bond order, the l

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Which statements are true?

1. The higher the molecular orbital bond order, the less stable the species.

2.  The lower the molecular bond order, the weaker the bonds between the atoms of the species.

3. An increase in the number of antibonding electrons will cause the molecular orbital bond order to increase.

4. A species with more electrons in bonding than antibonding molecular orbitals will have a positive molecular orbital bond order.

I'm thinking 1 is false, 2 is true, 3 is false, and 4 is true.

Is this correct?

Explanation / Answer

no 2,3 are trur

2. The lower the molecular bond order, the weaker the bonds between the atoms of the species.

3. An increase in the number of antibonding electrons will cause the molecular orbital bond order to increase.

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