Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the \({O}_{3}\) are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a O = O (double bond) but less than that of a single (O − O) bond.
Statement (II) : The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond (O = O) but more than that of a single bond (O − O).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

[JEE Main 2025, 24 Jan (Shift 2)]

Question

Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the \({O}_{3}\) are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a O = O (double bond) but less than that of a single (O − O) bond.
Statement (II) : The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond (O = O) but more than that of a single bond (O − O).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

[JEE Main 2025, 24 Jan (Shift 2)]

YESPYQ · Accepted Answer

Options are free to see. Unlock the correct answer and full explanation with PYQ Pass.

Given below are two statements : Statement (I): Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the \({O}_{3}\) …

Practice more Board Chemistry PYQs