Calcium carbide, CaC2, has an ionic structure with ions Ca2+ and C22. Give the valence bond description

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Calcium carbide, CaC2, has an ionic structure with ions Ca2+ and C22. Give the valence bond description of the bonding in the C22 ion. Now write the MO configuration of this ion. What is the bond order according to this configuration? Compare the valence bond and molecular orbital descriptions.
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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