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Why in phosgene, C-O bond length is longer than expected while C-Cl bond length is shorter ?

Why in phosgene, C-O bond length is longer than expected while C-Cl bond length is shorter ?

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Mahima Kanawat
1010 Points
6 years ago
Phosgene is cocl2 cl(c=o)cl .Lone pair of Cl and double bond between C and O take part in resonance and due to resonance partial double bond character appears between C and O , C and Cl For instance partial double bond is longer double bond and shorter than single bond.

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