The formal charge on oxygen which is single bonded in ozone is:
-1
+1
-2
+2
F.C = 6 - 6 - ½(2)= -1
Question 27
Which of the following statement are correct about CO−23?
(a) The hybridisation of central atom is sp3
(b) Its resonance structure has one C - O single bond and two C = 0 double bonds
(c) The average formal charge on each oxygen atom is 0.67 units
(d) All C - O bond lengths are equal