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Ch.8 - Covalent Compounds: Bonding Theories and Molecular Structure

Chapter 8, Problem 105

Calcium carbide, CaC2, reacts with water to produce acetylene, C2H2, and is sometimes used as a convenient source of that substance. Use the MO energy diagram in Figure 8.22a to describe the bonding in the carbide anion, C22-. What is its bond order?

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