An oxide of chlorine which is an odd electron molecule is :

C l O_{2}

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C l_{2} O_{6}

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C l_{2} O_{7}

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C l_{2} O

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Solution

The correct option is A $C l O_{2}$
$C l O_{2}$ is an odd electron molecule which is paramagnetic in nature. It is angular molecular with $s p^{3}$ hybridisation of $C l$ . Here $O - C l - O$ bond angle is $118^{o}$ and $C l - O$ bond length is $1.47 A^{o}$ .

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