What is the oxidation state of Gold? How is this determined?
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Jun 29, 2017
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Explanation:
.....charge left on the central atom, when all the bonding pairs of electrons are broken, with the charge, the electrons, assigned to the most electronegative atom.
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As to elemental gold, this has an oxidation state of BIG FAT ZERO, because it has neither accepted nor donated electrons. Compounds and complexes of
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