Why do sulphur has greater tendency for catenation than oxygen?
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because sulphur has more electron in it's outermost shell.
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Oxygen is small in size and the lone pair on oxygen repel the bond pairs of O-O bond to larger extent than the lone pairs on sulphur in S-S bond. The S-S bond energy 213K/J mol therefore bond strength is more compared to O-O bond energy 138k/J mol. ... Hence sulphur has great tendency for catenation than oxygen
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