Question

Suggest a list of the substances where carbon can exhibit oxidation states from `-4` to `+4` and nitrogen from `-3` to `+5`.

Answer 1

variable oxidation states of carbon:
`CH_(4) CH_(3)CI CH=CH HCHO CO K_(2)C_(2)O_(4) CO_(2)`
`(-4) (-3) (-2) (-1) (0) (+2) (+3) (+4)`
variable oxidation states of nitrogen:
`NH_(3) NH_(2)NH_(2) NH_(2)OH N_(2) N_(2)O NO N_(2)N_(2)O_(3) NO_(2) N_(2)O_(5)`
`(-3) (-02) (-1) (0) (+1) (+2) (+3) (=4) (+5)`