While searching for a replacement fuel, you discover some diboron, B_2-_. As head engineers of your starship in charge of the warp drive you notice that the supply of dilithium is critically low.
1. Determine the bond order in the Li_2_ and B_2_?
2. Determine the numbers of electrons must be removed from the B_2_ to make it is electronic with Li_2_ so that it might be used in the warp drive?
3. The reaction to make B_2_ is electronic with Li_2_ is generalized (where n= number of electrons determined in part b) as follows:
B_2_ --> B_2_^n+^ +ne^-^ triangle sign H =6455 kJ/mol
Discuss how much energy is required to ionize the 1.5 kg of B_2_ to the desired is electronic species?