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Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Resonance Subjective Type
Published on: August 14, 2026

Explain the following :

C–O bond lengths in formic acid are 1.23 Å & 1.36 Å and both the C–O bond lengths in sodium formate have same value 1.27 Å.

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Sodium formate exists as HCOO – Na +

Sodium formate (Resonance present in formation ion of sodium formate).

Formic acid (No resonance).

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