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Carbon-oxygen bond lengths in formic acid are different but are the same in sodium formate. Justify.

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In sodium formate, the contributing structures for the anion are equivalent while these are not the same in formic acid. Thus, carbon-oxygen bond length in formate ion is the same for both the bonds while these are different in formic acid.
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