What Is the Charge for Hypochlorite
The Formal Charge or Oxidation Number of Cl in the Hypochlorite Ion, Clo-, Is a +1. Why Does Hypochlorite Have a 1 Charge? After Gaining an Electron, the...
The formal charge or oxidation number of Cl in the hypochlorite ion, ClO-, is a +1.
Why does hypochlorite have a 1 charge?
After gaining an electron, the chloride anion has 17 protons and 18 electrons. Since there is one extra electron compared to the number of protons, the ion has a net charge of 1-.
Why does hypochlorite have a negative charge?
Because the bonding pair of electron is shared, i.e. one electron is claimed by Cl , and one by O , this means that the chlorine atom owns 7 valence electrons, and is thus formally neutral, and the oxygen atom also owns 7 valence electrons, and thus has a FORMAL negative charge.
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