Group16 or Oxygen family
Question
Which shows maximum catenation property ?
Moderate
Solution
Sulphur naturally occur in nature as S8 molecule. Sulphur-Sulphur bond energy is very high.
Hence, of all the elements of the Group-16, sulphur has the largest tendency to catenation.
Oxygen has little tendency for catenation. On moving down the group, the catenation tendency decreases from S to Po.
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