{"id":248482,"date":"2025-07-08T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=248482"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:06:45","slug":"what-is-the-oxidation-state-of-cl-in-each-ion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/08\/what-is-the-oxidation-state-of-cl-in-each-ion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the oxidation state of Cl in each ion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the oxidation state of Cl in each ion? a. ClO- b. ClO2- c. ClO3- d. ClO4-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the oxidation state of chlorine (Cl) in each of the given ions, let&#8217;s consider the general rules for assigning oxidation states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a. ClO\u207b (hypochlorite ion)<\/strong><br>In ClO\u207b, oxygen typically has an oxidation state of -2. Since the overall charge of the ion is -1, the oxidation state of chlorine can be found by balancing the charge:<br>Oxidation state of Cl + Oxidation state of O = -1<br>Let the oxidation state of Cl be x:<br>x + (-2) = -1<br>x = +1.<br>So, the oxidation state of chlorine in ClO\u207b is +1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b. ClO\u2082\u207b (chlorite ion)<\/strong><br>In ClO\u2082\u207b, oxygen has an oxidation state of -2 (since it is typically -2 in most compounds). There are two oxygens, so the total oxidation state of oxygen is -4. Since the overall charge of the ion is -1, the oxidation state of chlorine is:<br>Oxidation state of Cl + Oxidation state of O = -1<br>Let the oxidation state of Cl be x:<br>x + (-4) = -1<br>x = +3.<br>Thus, the oxidation state of chlorine in ClO\u2082\u207b is +3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>c. ClO\u2083\u207b (chlorate ion)<\/strong><br>In ClO\u2083\u207b, oxygen again has an oxidation state of -2. There are three oxygen atoms, so the total oxidation state for oxygen is -6. The overall charge of the ion is -1, so the oxidation state of chlorine is:<br>Oxidation state of Cl + Oxidation state of O = -1<br>Let the oxidation state of Cl be x:<br>x + (-6) = -1<br>x = +5.<br>Therefore, the oxidation state of chlorine in ClO\u2083\u207b is +5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d. ClO\u2084\u207b (perchlorate ion)<\/strong><br>In ClO\u2084\u207b, oxygen has an oxidation state of -2. There are four oxygen atoms, so the total oxidation state of oxygen is -8. Since the overall charge of the ion is -1, the oxidation state of chlorine is:<br>Oxidation state of Cl + Oxidation state of O = -1<br>Let the oxidation state of Cl be x:<br>x + (-8) = -1<br>x = +7.<br>Thus, the oxidation state of chlorine in ClO\u2084\u207b is +7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of Oxidation States:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>a. ClO\u207b: +1<br>b. ClO\u2082\u207b: +3<br>c. ClO\u2083\u207b: +5<br>d. ClO\u2084\u207b: +7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner8-243.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248483\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the oxidation state of Cl in each ion? a. ClO- b. ClO2- c. ClO3- d. ClO4- The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To find the oxidation state of chlorine (Cl) in each of the given ions, let&#8217;s consider the general rules for assigning oxidation states. a. ClO\u207b (hypochlorite ion)In ClO\u207b, oxygen typically has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}