When 20H combine with another 2OH would it form oh subscript 4?

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When 20H combine with another 2OH would it form oh subscript 4?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-15T02:21:24

If you're asking whether you get

$2 OH + 2 OH \to {(OH)}_{4}$ $color(red)(2"OH" + 2"OH" -> ("OH")_4)$ ...

no, that doesn't make sense. ${(OH)}_{4}$ $("OH")_4$ doesn't exist, because oxygen generally only makes two bonds at a time, and hydrogen generally only makes one bond at a time.

$OH$ $"OH"$ is $O - H$ $"O"-"H"$ , but ${(OH)}_{4}$ $("OH")_4$ would be described by something like...

$H ∣ O - H ∣ O - H ∣ O - H ∣ O$ $stackrel("H")stackrel(|)"O"-stackrel("H")stackrel(|)"O"-stackrel("H")stackrel(|)"O"-stackrel("H")stackrel(|)"O"$

You should just get $4 OH$ $4"OH"$ ... meaning there is no reaction at all.

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When 20H combine with another 2OH would it form oh subscript 4?

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