ozone reactivity (1 Viewer)

[clever angel]

hi

ozone is more reactive than oxygen , but why

does it have something to do with coordinate bond

 

[currysauce]

has to do with the bonding, cuz it has a resonance pattern, and that it has an instable double bond.... blah blah

 

[Captain Gh3y]

hi

ozone is more reactive than oxygen , but why

does it have something to do with coordinate bond

Ozone is highly reactive compared to oxygen because the co-ordinate covalent bond is much easier to break than oxgen's double bond. Ozone can 'split off' an O atom to react, eg.

NO_(g) + O₃ --> NO_2(g) + O₂

Whereas with oxygen, the double bond between the 2 O's has to be broken, and this takes a fair bit of energy, ie. O_2(g) --> 2O_(g), ΔH = +498kJ/mol

 

[currysauce]

Ozone is highly reactive compared to oxygen because the co-ordinate covalent bond is much easier to break than ozone's double bond. Ozone can 'split off' an O atom to react, eg.

NO_(g) + O₃ --> NO_2(g) + O₂

Whereas with oxygen, the double bond between the 2 O's has to be broken, and this takes a fair bit of energy, ie. O_2(g) --> 2O_(g), ΔH = +498kJ/mol

do u mean oxygens double bond?

 

[Captain Gh3y]

Oh, right. Yes. Yes I do.