Which of the following statements are

Question:

Which of the following statements are correct about CO32-?

(i) The hybridisation of the central atom is sp3.

(ii) Its resonance structure has one C–O single bond and two C=O double

bonds.

(iii) The average formal charge on each oxygen atom is 0.67 units.

(iv) All C–O bond lengths are equal.

Solution:

Option (iii) and (iv) are the answers.

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