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COMEDK · Chemistry · 23. d and f Block Elements

The oxidation number of \(\mathrm{Cr}\) in \(\mathrm{CrO}_{5}\) which has the following structure, is

  1. A \(+4\)
  2. B \(+5\)
  3. C \(+3\)
  4. D \(+6\)
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(D) \(+6\)

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The structure of \(\mathrm{CrO}_{5}\) is a butterfly structure where the central chromium atom is bonded to one oxygen atom via a double bond and to four oxygen atoms via two peroxo linkages. In the peroxo linkage, the oxidation state of each oxygen atom is \(-1\). Let the…