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Cyclotrioxygen is unstable. Even though it follows octet rule,why is it unstable?
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ankit mahapatra
·2009-05-03 11:29:37
Each oxygen in it is sp3 hybridized. So, ideally, the angle between each bond pair for each oxygen must be 109.8°. But in this molecule, the angle is 60°(equilateral triangle), which causes heavy repulsion between the bond pairs, and thus destabilizes the molecule.