Chemistry · Chemical Bonding
Which of the following statements is correct about the carbonate ion (CO32-)?
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- 1All C-O bond lengths are equal due to resonance.✓
- 2The average formal charge on each oxygen atom is -0.50 units.
- 3Its resonance structure has one C-O single bond and two C=O double bonds.
- 4The hybridisation of the central atom is sp3.
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All C-O bond lengths are equal due to resonance.
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