Question

Why is Ko2 paramagnetic?

Answer 1

Its formula is KO2 and because potassium is +1, the superoxide has a charge of -1. Potassium superoxide has a number of remarkable physical and chemical properties that we present at this web page. ... The unpaired electron in the pi* orbital accounts for the paramagnetic behavior or potassium superoxide.

Answer 2

KO2 is a superoxide in which , only one electron is released from the dioxygen atom and a superoxide ion is represented as 02 .

KO2 is a superoxide which contains odd

number of electrons ( unpaired

electrons ) . Thus Ko2 is paramagnetic .