Which of the following statements regarding ozone is not correct?

Which of the following statements regarding ozone is not correct?
  1. The ozone molecule is angular in shape
  2. The ozone is a resonance hybrid of the two structures
  3. The oxygen-oxygen bond length in ozone is identical with that of molecular oxygen
  4. Ozone is used as germicide and disinfectant for the purification of air

Solution

The bond length in ozone is intermediate between those of single \(\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{O}\) and double \(\mathrm{O}=\mathrm{O}\) bonds. The bond angle is \(\mathrm{O}_{3}\) is \(117^{\circ}\) with \(\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{O}\) distance \(127.8 \mathrm{pm}\). .

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