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I have these three species

O₂
Bond order: 2
Unpaired Electrons : 2

O₂⁺
Bond order: 2.5
Unpaired Electrons: 1


O₂^-
Bond order : 1.5
Unpaired Electrons :1

Question 1 : Which out of these 3 species has the strongest bond?

My answer: Am i right to assume that the higher the bond order the greater the stability and thus the stronger the bond?

Question 2 : What if all the bond orders were the same? How would i then determine the strongest bond?

[stewie griffin]

Larger bond order does indeed mean stronger bond.
I'm not sure when you'd see a question with molecules all having the same bond order. I mean if the molecules did have the same bond order, they couldn't be a series analogous to what you've got here... there would have to be different atoms present amongst the molecules.

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Thanks for the help m8.

[Ligander]

Larger bond order does indeed mean stronger bond.

Can you give any example, please?

[stewie griffin]

Ligander:
I'm confused about why you need an example.  The original post is an example of larger bond order corresponding with stronger bond....

[Ligander]

Ligander:
I'm confused about why you need an example.  The original post is an example of larger bond order corresponding with stronger bond....

Sorry, I've read does not indeed