Question

State wheather the statement is True or False:

Consider the nitrogen - oxygen bond lengths in $N{O}_2^{+}$, $N{O}_2{}^{-}$ and $N{O}_3{}^{-}$. The longest $NO$ bond is in $N{O}_3{}^{-}$ and shortest is in $N{O}_2^{+}$.
Enter 1 if the statement is true, else 0.

Answer 1

In $N{O}_2^{+}$, $N{O}_2{}^{-}$ and $N{O}_3{}^{-}$, the bond order of $N{O}_2^{+}$ is maximum and that of $N{O}_3^{-}$ is minimum.

Since bond order is inversely proportional to bond length.

So, the bond length of $N{O}_2^{+}$ is shortest and $N{O}_3^{-}$ is the longest.

Hence, the correct statement is true.