Q.

Which of the following statements is incorrect for the following species:

BO33-, CO32-, NO3-

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a

They are isoelectronic and isostructural.

b

Hybridization of the given species are different.

c

They have same bond order for EO bond, where E is the central atom.

d

Bond angles are same in every cases.

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

The total number of electrons present in BO33- is 33, in CO32- is 33, and in NO3-is 33. Therefore, the given species are isoelectronic and isostructural because all have trigonal planar structure.

Resonating structures of CO32- are shown below, in which one structure, there are 2 bonds between C and O whereas, in the rest of the two structures, there are single bonds between C and O. 

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The average bond order of  CO32-is:

Bond order=Total number of bondsTotal number of resonating structures =43 =1.33

Resonating structures of NO3- are shown below , in which there is one structure, there is 2 bonds between N and O whereas in the rest of the two structures, there are single bonds between N and O.

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 Average bond order of NO3-.

Bond order=43 =1.33

It seems that the bond order of borate ion, BO33- is 1 but boron is electron-deficient and has a vacant 2pz orbital. So, one oxygen atom shares its lone pair with the vacant 2pz orbital of boron. As there are 3 oxygen atoms in the borate ion, thereby three back bonding is possible. 

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Therefore, the bond order of the borate ion is:

Bond order=43 =1.33

Hybridization of C in CO32-, N in NO3-, and B in BO33- is sp2 and has nearly a 120° bond angle.

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