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Give the ground-state electron configurations and bond orders of (a) Li2, (b) Be2, and
Chapter 11, Problem 11.1(a)(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Give the ground-state electron configurations and bond orders of (a) \(\mathrm{Li}_{2}\), (b) \(\mathrm{Be}_{2}\), and (c) \(\mathrm{C}_{2}\).
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QUESTION:
Give the ground-state electron configurations and bond orders of (a) \(\mathrm{Li}_{2}\), (b) \(\mathrm{Be}_{2}\), and (c) \(\mathrm{C}_{2}\).
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
(a) \(1 \sigma^{2} 2 \sigma^{* 1}\)
The bond order is equal to 1.