Peroxides: Peroxides are defined as a group of compounds in which two oxygen atoms are joined together by a covalent bond. They have the typical structure of R-O-O-R where R denotes any type of atom.
Carbon dioxide(CO2): Carbon dioxide is a chemical element that can be found in the atmosphere.
- It is found in the gaseous state at room temperature.
- It contains one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen.
- The bond between the atoms in a carbon dioxide molecule is a polar covalent bond.
- In a carbon dioxide molecule, one carbon atom is joined by four covalent bonds to two oxygen atoms, each with two covalent bonds.
- The carbon dioxide molecule is held together by the strong C=O.
- The oxygen atoms are not bonded together in dioxide but are separately bonded to another molecule.
- CO2 is an oxide.
- CO2 simply cannot be a peroxide with a lower oxidation state of the central atom because there are twice as many oxygens in a compound.
- Hence, CO2 is not a Peroxides.