Interpretation:
Increasing order of bond length of the given species has to be arranged and also the bond order of each has to be identified.
Concept Introduction:
Molecular orbital (MO) theory is a method of determining molecular structure in which electrons are not assigned to individual bonds between atoms, but are treated as moving under the influence of the nuclei in the whole molecule.
According to this theory there are two types of orbitals,
- (1) Bonding orbitals
- (2) Antibonding orbitals
Electrons in molecules are filled in accordance with the energy; the anti-bonding orbital has more energy than the bonding orbitals.
The electronic configuration of oxygen molecule O2 can be represented as follows,
(σ1s)2(σ*1s)2(σ2s)2(σ*2s)2 (σ2p)2( π2p)4( π*2p)2
The symbol * represent the antibonding orbital
Sigma (σ) bonds are the bonds in which shared hybrid orbital’s electron density are concentrated along the internuclear axis.
Pi (π) bonds are the bonds in which shared un-hybridized orbital’s (p, d, etc.) electron density are concentrated in above and below of the plane of the molecule.
Bond order: It is the measure of number of electron pairs shared between two atoms.
Bond order = 12(Number of electrons in bondoing MOs-Number of electrons in antibonding MOs)
Bond length is inversely proportional to the bond order.
Atoms with unpaired electrons are called Paramagnetic. Paramagnetic atoms are attracted to a magnet.
Atoms with paired electrons are called diamagnetic. Diamagnetic atoms are repelled by a magnet

Explanation of Solution
- Given species: F−2
There are 19 electrons in F−2. According to the MO theory its electron configuration can be written as,
(σ1s)2(σ*1s)2(σ2s)2(σ*2s)2 (σ2p)2( π2px)2( π2py)2( π*2px)2 ( π*2py)2 (σ*2pz)1
MO diagram for F−2 ion can be drawn as follows,
(σ*2pz) ↑ → (Anti bonding electrons) ↑↓ − ↑↓ (π*2px) (π*2py) −−↑↓−↑↓−↑−− −−↑↓−↑↓−↑↓−− 2px 2py 2pz 2px 2py 2pz ↑↓ −↑↓ ( π2px) (π2py) ↑↓→ ( Bonding electrons) ( σ2pz)
−−↑↓−− → (Anti bonding electrons) (σ2s)* −−↑↓−− −−↑↓−− 2s 2s −−↑↓−− →(Bonding electrons) (σ2s)2
−−↑↓−− → (Anti bonding electrons) (σ1s)* −−↑↓−− −−↑↓−− 1s 1s −−↑↓−− →(Bonding electrons) (σ1s)2
F−2Bond order = 12(Number of electrons in bondoing MOs-Number of electrons in antibonding MOs)= 10-92=0.5
- Given species: F2
There are 18 electrons in F2. According to the MO theory its electron configuration can be written as,
(σ1s)2(σ*1s)2(σ2s)2(σ*2s)2 (σ2p)2( π2px)2( π2py)2( π*2px)2 ( π*2py)2
F2Bond order = 12(Number of electrons in bondoing MOs-Number of electrons in antibonding MOs)= 10-82=1
- Given species: F2+
There are 17 electrons in F2+ one electron is added to the anti-bonding orbital. According to the MO theory its electron configuration can be written as,
(σ1s)2(σ*1s)2(σ2s)2(σ*2s)2 (σ2p)2( π2px)2( π2py)2( π*2px)2 ( π*2py)1
F2+Bond order = 12(Number of electrons in bondoing MOs-Number of electrons in antibonding MOs)= 10-72=1.5
Therefore,
The bond order decreases as follows,
Bond order: F2+ > F2 > F−2 1.5 > 1 > 0.5
Bond order is inversely proportional to bond length.
Thus, increasing bond length is,
Bond length: F2+ < F2 < F−2
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