Q.

Oxygen cannot exhibit tetra valency and hexa valency like Sulphur. This is because

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a

Oxygen can form double bond

b

Oxygen lacks valence d-orbitals

c

Oxygen has two unpaired electrons

d

Oxygen has only 2 electrons in valence shell

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

The atomic number of Oxygen is Z = 8. So the electronic configuration of Oxygen is

1s22s22px22py12pz1

There is no empty ‘d’ orbitals for Oxygen atom in its valence shell 2 nd shell (Lack of valence ‘d’ orbitals). Hence, there is no possibility to promote electrons into d-subshell in case of Oxygen. Therefore, Oxygen cannot show tetra valency and hexa valency as like as Sulphur.

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