Question

(a) Which form of sulphur shows paramagnetic behaviour ?
(b) Compounds of fluorine and oxygen are called fluorides and not oxides. Explain.
(c) Sulphur disappears when boiled with an aqueous solution of sodium sulphite. Why ?

Answer 1

In vapour state sulphur party partly exists as `S_(2)` molecule which has two unpaired electrons in the antibonding `pi^(*)` orbitals like `O_(2)` and, hence, exhinbits paramagnetism .