JEE Advanced Chemistry question
There are two types of sulphur with different oxidation states in the thiosulphate ion. The difference in oxidation states is .
Answer: 8
Solution
The thiosulphate ion, S2O3²⁻, is structurally derived from sulphate (SO4²⁻) by formally replacing one oxygen atom with a sulphur atom. Taking the central sulphur to retain sulphate's characteristic oxidation state of +6, and assigning the substituting terminal sulphur the oxidation state (−2) that the oxygen atom it
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