The correct arrangement of the species in the decreasing order of the bond length between carbon and oxygen in them is :
A
CO2,HCO−2,CO,CO−23
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B
CO,CO−23,CO2,HCO−2
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C
CO,CO2,HCO−2,CO−23
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D
CO−23,HCO−2,CO2,CO
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Solution
The correct option is BCO−23,HCO−2,CO2,CO CO has triple bond so bond will be shortest, CO2 has double bond, CO23− and HCO−2 will be in conjugation in which conjugation of carbonate ion will be more.