OXIDATION NUMBER..

WHAT IS THE OXIDATION NUMBER OF CHROMIUM IN [Cr (O2)4]

PLZ SOMEONE REPLY..

THE OXIDATION NO FOR EACH O IN (O2) IS -2??????

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Vinay Arya ·

I think you have mistyped somewhere.or the question is wrong.How can it have oxidation state to be +16?

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seoni ·

+4?

pl confirm...

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bhaarat ·

i"m sorry it is K3{Cr(O2)4} THE ANSWER GIVEN IS +13 BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE ???

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Vinay Arya ·

To send Cr to such a high oxidation state too much huge amount of energy is required,which is not possible.

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seoni ·

source pls?

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bhaarat ·

ARIHANT INORGANIC CHEMISTRY...

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qwerty ·

Cr is in +5 here. All Oxygen are involved in peroxy linkage , i.e each O has ON= -1 ..

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