Q. Carbon suboxide $C_{3}O_{2}$ has
A) Bent structure
B) Trigonal planar structure
C) Linear structure
D) Distorted tetrahedral structure
Explanation
(c)
Carbon suboxide has linear structure with C$-$C bond length equal to 130 $\mathring{\mathrm{A}}$ and C$-$O bond length equal to 120 $\mathring{\mathrm{A}}$
$O = C = C = C = O\ \leftrightarrow^{-}O - C \equiv C - C \equiv O^{+}$
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