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Covalent Bond

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Question

Bond length of $(C = O)$ bond is larger than $(C - O)$ bond in $C O_{3}^{2 -}$ .

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Due to the resonance of electrons in the molecule, all the $C - O$ bond lengths are same (there is no fixed $C = O$ ).

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