The P Block Elements - Result Question 41

####42. Which of the statements given below is incorrect?

[2015 RS]

(a) Cl2O7 is an anhydride of perchloric acid

(b) O3 molecule is bent

(c) ONF is isoelectronic with O2N.

(d) OF2 is an oxide of fluorine

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Solution:

  1. (d) OF2; among the following O and F,F is more electronegative than oxygen.

So OF2 cannot be called oxide because in that case fluorine is in +1 oxidation state which is not possible, so OF2 is called oxygen difluoride.



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