Bond Order

[Lelija Kazlauskas 3J]

What happens if the bond order is zero?

[505306205]

If a bond order is zero, that means that the molecule is too unstable and it will not exist.

[AndreiRekesh1I]

Then the atoms being compared are not bonded.

[Kelly Yun 2I]

It simply means that there are no bonds produced in the molecule because there are an equal number of electrons in bonding and antibonding orbitals.

[AnjikaFriedman-Jha2D]

if the bond order is zero then the two atoms are not bonded because bond order is a measurement of the number of electrons involved in a bond between two atoms

[Leyla Anwar 3B]

Does that mean that the bond order is the number of electrons between two bonded atoms?

[Gustavo_Chavez_1K]

If the bond order is zero then that means that the molecule is too unstable and therefore will not create a bond.

[Hasan Mirza 3F]

When the bond order is zero, the molecule is too unstable and won't continue to exist.

[905579227]

Random question but why does this whole section have an astric in front of the name, ( *Molecular Orbital Theory (Bond Order, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism) does this mean we wont be tested on it and we should just know it.

[Anthony_Sandoval_1D]

If bond order is zero then this means the molecule is too unstable. This means the molecule will cease to exist.

[Aria Movassaghi 1A]

The molecule would be too unstable in this case

[Fernanda Olvera 3D]

I agree^, it would be unstable.

[Neha Jonnalagadda 2D]

If bond order is 0, the bond does not exist or is not stable enough to exist.

[Vanessa Wiratmo 3k]

a molecule with a bond order of zero cannot form because it would be too unstable. Bond order can be calculated by taking the (Number of bonding electrons - number of anti bonding electron)/2. If that equaled zero, then no bonds would even be formed.

[LukeYing_3H]

If the bond order is 0, that means the theoretical molecule cannot exist because its too unstable