Key Idea Bond order =2Nb−Na where, Nb= number of electrons in bonding MO Na= number of electrons in anti bonding MO N2(7+7=14)=σ1 s2,∗˙1 s2,σ2 s2,σ∗˙2 s2,π2px2≈π2py2,σ2pz2 BO=210−4=3 N2(7+7+1=15)=σ1 s2,∗˙1 s2,σ2 s2,σ∗2 s2,σ2pz2,π2px2≈π2py2,π2px1 BO=210−5=2.5 N22−(7+7+2=16) =σ1 s2,⋆1 s2,σ2 s2,⋆2 s2,σ2pz2,π2pz2≈π2py2,π2px1≈π2py1 BO=210−6=2 Hence, the increasing order of B.O is, N22−<N2−<N2