Question

Superoxides of alkali metals act as oxidizing agents while normal oxides are basic in nature. the oxide which is paramagnetic in nature due to presence of unpaired electron is

• A. $Na_{2}O_{2}$
• B. $KO_{2}$
• C. $Na_{2}O$
• D. $K_{2}O_{2}$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$KO_{2}$

Answer 2

: Superoxides are paramagnetic in nature due to presence of one unpaired electron in

$\pi^{*}2pMO,^{-}:\overset{\underset{..}{..}}{O} - \overset{\underset{.}{..}}{O}:$