Question #d81d0
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The sulfate ion should have shorter sulfur-oxygen bonds than a sulfite ion.
Explanation:
The sulfite ion is a resonance hybrid of three equivalent contributing structures.
The bond orders of the
The bond orders of the
The sulfate ion is a resonance hybrid of six equivalent contributing structures.
The bond orders of the
The bond orders of the
The greater the bond order, the shorter the bond length.
The
Experiments confirm this prediction.
The measured