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Grade 12Botany

Question: calculte Oxidation number of carbon in CO2 :

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Rituraj Tiwari
5 Years ago
Letxbe theoxidation state ofCinCO2​.
Since, theoverall charge on the complex is0, the sum of oxidation states of allelements in it should be equal to0.
x+2(−2)=0
or,x=+4
Hence, the oxidation state ofCinCO2​is+4.