Question
Which of the following cannot show variable oxidation state?
Options :
Chlorine
Fluorine
Bromine
Iodine
Answer :
Fluorine
Solution :
Fluorine has no vacant d-orbitals, so no electron excitation is possible and so it does not exhibit variable oxidation state.
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