Superoxide is a kind of compound containing superoxide ions (O2 -), which is a single electron reduction product of oxygen molecules and widely exists in nature. Superoxide ion is a free radical. An oxygen atom has an unpaired electron, which is paramagnetic like oxygen molecule.
Chinese name: Superoxide
English name: superoxide
Property: a kind of compound, in which the oxidation state of oxygen is - 1/2
In the superoxide, the oxidation state of oxygen is - 1/2, and the O-O bond length of O2 - is 133 pm; (121pm in oxygen; 149pm in O22 -). Sorted by O-O bond level, the bond level in O2 is 2, that in O2 is 1.5, and that in O22 is 1.
