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Which one of the following statements about C2 molecule is wrong?
A.The bond order of C2 is 2.
B.In vapour phase, C2 molecule is diamagnetic.
C.Double bond in C2 molecule consists of both π- bonds because of the presence of 4 electrons in two π - molecular orbitals.
D.Double bond in C2 molecule consists of one σ - bond and one π - bond.

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Hint: C2 is a component of vapours of carbon. According to a research paper, carbon vapours contain around 28% C2, but this depends on the temperature and pressure.

Complete step by step answer:
 The electrons in C2 are distributed among the atomic orbitals according to Aufbau principle. This produces unique quantum states, with corresponding energy levels. The quantum state which has the lowest energy level is known as the ground state. The ground state of C2 is a singlet state. There are several excited singlet and triplet states that are relatively similar energy to the ground state.
Molecular orbital theory shows that it has two sets of paired electrons in a degenerate π- bonding set of orbitals. This gives a bond order of 2, which means that there should exist a double bond between the two carbons in a C2 .
The electronic configuration of C2 is –
(σ2s)2 (σ2s)2n(2px)2n(2py)2
The bond order of C2 is –
B.O.=B.EA.B.E.2B.O.=(84)2B.O.=42B.O.=2
Here, B.O. stands for Bond Order, B.E. stands for Bonding electrons and A.B.E. stands for Anti-bonding electrons.
Here is the molecular orbital diagram of C2-
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Since the diagram shows two sets of electron pairs in πorbital, the two bonds are π- bonds.

Hence, the option (D) is wrong.

Note:
The various quantum states of dicarbon form significant proportions of dicarbon under ambient conditions.