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Carbon is in highest oxidation state in (a) CH3Cl (b) CCL4 (c) CHCL3 (d) CH2CL2

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Aakanksha Sangwan

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4 Feb 2012 15:29:01 IST

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CCl4........??Please do tell the answer.

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4 Feb 2012 16:19:30 IST

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Yes the answer is correct but how did u get it?

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4 Feb 2012 16:23:37 IST

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look i tried it this way : in d stucture of CH3Cl carbon will have a +1 charge in the bond between C nd Cl nd 3 (-1) charges due to 3 H bonds hence net charge is -2 . Similarly when calculated in other compounds the maximum comes out in CCl4 which is +4 nd hence the answer.

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