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JEE Advanced levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 3 of 3cb144

Upon ionisation to the cation, the bond lengths of and change respectively as

  1. Aboth decrease
  2. BN2 decreases, O2 increases
  3. CN2 increases, O2 decreases
  4. Dboth increase

Answer: C

Ionisation of removes an electron from the bonding orbital, so bond order falls from 3 to 2.5 and the bond lengthens. Ionisation of removes an electron from the antibonding orbital, so bond order rises from 2 to 2.5 and the bond shortens.
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