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Q. Which among the following compounds does not act as a reducing agent ?

MHT CETMHT CET 2017The p-Block Elements - Part2

Solution:

Water $H _{2} O$ does not act as a reducing agent due to high $O - H$ bond strength and the bond is not is easy to break.
All group $16$ hydrides (except water) are reducing agents.
On moving down the group, the reducing character increases.