(a) The nitric oxide molecule, NO, readily loses one electron to form the NO+ ions. Why is...

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(a) The nitric oxide molecule, NO, readily loses one electron to form the NO+ ions. Why is this consistent with the electronic structure of NO?
(b) Predict the order of the N-O bond strengths in NO, NO+, and NO-, and describe the magnetic properties of each.
(c) With what neutral homo nuclear diatomic molecules are the NO+ and NO- ions iso-electronic (same number of electrons)?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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