+4 oxidation state
Selenium dioxide, SeO2
The bonds are arranged trigonally around the selenium atoms, but the structure is polymeric.
Selenium dioxide has a covalent or molecular bond.
SeO2 is the chemical formula for selenium dioxide.
Selenium dioxide is most commonly used in the laboratory during a Riley Oxidation of paraldehyde to give glyoxal. It is also used in allylic oxidation.
Selenium dioxide
Elemental selenium is nontoxic, hydrogen selenide and other selenium compounds are extremely toxic and resemble arsenic in their physiological reactions.
Zero. Se8 is th elemental form of selenium and oxidation numbers are not applied to elemental forms. Se8 is a ring and each selenium is bound to two others.
Selenium Monoxide
Selenium dioxide, SeO2
Selenium http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/se.html
The bonds are arranged trigonally around the selenium atoms, but the structure is polymeric.
Selenium dioxide: SeO2 Potassium selenate: K2SeO4 Selenium tetrabromide: SeBr4 Selenous acid: H2SeO3 Selenium disulphide: SeS2 Selenium hexafluoride: SeF6 Potassium selenocyanate: KSeCN
Selenium dioxide has a covalent or molecular bond.
It doesn't seem likely. Selenium isn't terribly reactive, and selenium monochloride exists in equilibrium with a different kind of selenium chloride, chlorine gas, and elemental selenium; this indicates that there's not a huge energy difference between the uncombined elements and the compound, as you would expect there to be if they "blew up" when combined.
0 in elemental form. -2 is most common in its compounds (selenides)
When water is added to selenium dioxide, it forms selenious acid.