What's the sulfur oxide with its lowest oxidation number?
1 Answer
May 29, 2015
The sulfur oxide with the lowest oxidation number for sulfur is cyclo-undecasulfur monoxide,
The common oxides of sulfur are
The oxidation numbers of sulfur in these compounds are +6 and +4, respectively.
But there are oxides in which sulfur has an even lower oxidation number.
#"SO"# and#"S"_2"O"_2# (oxidation number = +2)#"S"_2"O"# (oxidation number = +1)#"S"_6"O"_2# (oxidation number =#+2/3# )#"S"_7"O"_2# (oxidation number =#+4/7# )
There are sulfur oxides with general formula
The oxide with the largest value of
These oxides all consist of a ring of sulfur atoms with an oxygen atom attached to one of the sulfurs.
For example, the structure of
