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The number of equivalent Cr-O bonds in CrO42- is

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Compound, CrO4-2 has a tetrahedral structure and there are a total of 4Cr-O bonds in this structure. Although, two of them are single bonds and the other two are double bonds. Hence, it seems that not all Cr-O bonds are same.

But, in this case, two oxygen atoms are negatively charged and these negative charges are in conjugation with rest of O atoms which forms double bond with Cr. This indicates that in molecule, there is resonance due to which 4 Cr-O bonds acquires double bond character and becomes equivalent.

Therefore, all 4Cr-O bonds are equivalent in CrO4-2.

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