MCQ
Given below are two statements :
Statement(I) : Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the $O _3$ are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a $O = O$ (double bond) but less than that of a single ( $O - O$ ) bond.
Statement (II) : The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond $( O = O )$ but more than that of a single bond $( O - O )$.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Statement(I) : Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the $O _3$ are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a $O = O$ (double bond) but less than that of a single ( $O - O$ ) bond.
Statement (II) : The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond $( O = O )$ but more than that of a single bond $( O - O )$.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- ✓Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- BBoth Statement I and Statement II are true
- CBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
- DStatement I is false but Statement II is true