Chapter 8, Problem 8.107SP

Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels.
(a) Give the electron configuration for the valence molecular orbitals of CO. The orbitals have the same energy order as those of the ${\text{N}}_{\text{2}}$ molecule.
(b) Do you expect CO to be paramagnetic or diamagnetic?
(c) What is the bond order of CO? Does this match the bond order predicted by the electron-dot structure?
(d) CO can react with ${\text{OH}}^{-}$ to form the formate ion, ${\text{HCO}}_{\text{2}}{}^{-}$ Draw an electron-dot structure for the formate ion, and give any resonance structures if appropriate.