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Nitrogen has its highest oxidation number among the following in

A $NH X_{2} OH$
B $N X_{2} O$
C $NO X_{2}$
D $N X_{2} O X_{5}$

Answer: D

Oxidation numbers of N:

NH X_{2} OH

is

- 1

,

N X_{2} O

is

+ 1

,

NO X_{2}

is

+ 4

, and in

N X_{2} O X_{5}

2 x = 10

so

x = + 5

. Hence

N X_{2} O X_{5}

is highest.

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