Chapter 11, Problem 38E

Consider the molecules ${\text{CO}}^{\text{+}}$ and ${\text{CN}}^{\text{-}}$ and use molecular orbital theory to answer the following

1. Write the molecular orbital configuration of each ion (ignore the 1s electrons).

Predict the bond order of each ion.

Which of these ions is paramagnetic? Which is diamagnetic?

Which of these ions do you think has the greater bond length? Explain.