Oxygen cannot exhibit tetravaleney and
hexavaleney like sulphur. This is because
1) Oxygen has two unpaired electrons
2) Oxygen can form double bond
3) Oxygen lacks valence d-orbitals
4) Oxygen has only 2 electrons in valence
shell
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Oxygen cannot exhibit tetravaleney and hexavaleney like sulphur. This is because Oxygen lacks valence d-orbitals . It cannot expand its valency like sulphur due to this reason .
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