Question
- Account for the following:
- Ozone is thermodynamically unstable.
- Solid $PCl_5$ is ionic in nature.
- Fluorine forms only one oxoacid HOF.
- Draw the structure of
- $BrF_{5.}$
- $XeF_{4.}$
✓
Answer
- Endothermic compound/decomposition of ozone is exothermic in nature and $\Delta $G is negative/decomposition of ozone is spontaneous.
- Exists as $[PCl_4]^+[PCl_6]^-$
- Shows only $-1$ oxidation state/most electronegative element/absence of d-orbitals.
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