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Why does oxygen not show 4 and 6 oxidation states like sulphur?

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Answered by harshit355
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by the concept of
modern periodic table trends
It has less atomic no. compared to Sulphur

and Sulphur has more no. shells as compared due to this it can easily share electron
therefore it also has oxidation state of 4 and 6
and oxygen has smaller

and smaller more in electronegativity and it doesn't loose electrons easily

therefore it's oxidation is always be 2
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