JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryThe p-Block ElementsJEE Main

Oxygen is divalent, whereas sulphur exhibits valency up to 6, because:

Answer: (D)

Solution

Sulphur, being in period 3, has accessible orbitals that allow it to expand its valence shell beyond the octet (e.g. in

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