What are the oxidation numbers for carbon in carbon monoxide, and in methanol?
2 Answers
We have
Explanation:
The sum of the oxidation numbers equals the charge on the molecule, and both molecules are neutral.
Here are some rules that don't need to be remembered, but do have to be implicitly used.
wkt oxd no of O= -2
oxd no of H=+1
Explanation:
Now let the oxd no of C ( the central atom )= x
1) CO
so,no net charge then
x+ (-2) =0
x= +2
2) CH3OH
so,no net charge then
x+ 3*(+1) + (-2) + 1 = 0
x + 2 = 0
x= -2
Hence , from CO and CH3OH , C has least oxd state in CH3OH .
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