What is the valence and oxidation state of carbon in ethane C2H6?
| December 11, 2020 | education
The valence of carbon is 4
The oxidation state of hydrogen = -1, which means
2x -6 * (-1) = 0 (since the sum of all oxidation states in the molecule = 0)
x = 3, oxidation state of carbon = +3
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