Bond Order

[sarahwu3a]

How do you calculate bond order between a pair of atoms?

[Tiffany_Chen 2K]

You would take the number of bonds of that molecule (after drawing the lewis structure) divided by the number of bond groups (e.g. NO3 would have 4 bonds/3 bond groups = bond order of 1.33). The higher the bond order means the electrons are more tightly attracted, thus a greater stability.

[Maya Pakulski 1D]

Here's a really good website that explains it! Basically you just divide the number of bonds by the number of bond groups within a certain compound. https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves ... _Chemistry)/Chemical_Bonding/Fundamentals_of_Chemical_Bonding/Bond_Order_and_Lengths