Which pair of oxides are acidic in nature?
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In the anion HCOO- the two carbon-oxygen bonds are found to be of equal length. What is the reason for it?
| 1. | Electronic orbits of the carbon atom are hybridized |
| 2. | The C = O bond is weaker than the C - O bond |
| 3. | The anion HCOO- has two resonating structures |
| 4. | The anion is obtained by removal of a proton from the acid molecule |
| Assertion (A): |
Experimentally, the oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in O₃ (ozone) are identical and lie between the bond length of an O=O double bond and an O–O single bond. |
| Reason (R): | The lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is the sole reason why the bond length in ozone is shorter than a double bond (O=O) but longer than a single bond (O–O). |
| 1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 2. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |