Saturday 21 March 2015

covalent compounds - Why is the bond length of CO+ less than that of CO?



According to molecular orbital theory, the bond order of $\ce{CO}$ is 3. When $\ce{CO+}$ is formed, the bond order decreases to 2.5, and thus the bond length should increase.


However, the bond length of $\ce{CO+}$ is found to be less than $\ce{CO}$. How is that so?




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