Which of the Following Statements Is/are True of Bond Order

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is/are true of bond order?
1) If the number of bonding electrons is greater than the number of antibonding electrons in a given molecule, the molecule is predicted to be stable.
2) Bond order is the difference between the number of bonding electrons and the number of antibonding electrons, divided by 4.
3) If the bond order of a molecule is high, its bond strength is also high.

• A) ​1 only
• B) ​2 only
• C) ​3 only
• D) ​1 and 2
• E) ​1 and 3

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Definitions:

\(n + 1\)

An expression representing one more than a given number \(n\).

\(( n + 6 ) !\)

A notation indicating the factorial of n plus 6, meaning the product of all positive integers up to n+6.

\(( n + 3 ) !\)

Denotes the factorial of the sum of a variable n and 3, representing the product of all positive integers up to and including (n+3).

\(n !\)

Denotes the factorial of n, which is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n.