What is the oxidation state of carbon in cyclic #C_2O_3#?
1 Answer
Oct 29, 2016
As far as I know, this molecule is unknown.
Explanation:
As an hypothetical entity, each carbon atom has an oxidation state of
Here, I assumed (reasonably) that the oxidation state of oxygen was
Learned later that this is the cyclic anhydride of oxalic acid, i.e.