12 Nov 2021
Problem 66
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Section: Cumulative Problems
Chapter 9: Chemical Bonding I:The Lewis Model
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12 Nov 2021
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We are given an asymmetrical azide ion whose contributing structures have formal charges and we have to draw three important contributing Lewis structures for azide ion .
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
A charge that is assigned to an atom in a molecule assuming that electrons in all the chemical bonds are share equally between atoms is termed as a Formal Charge.
The Formal Charge (FC) of any atom in a molecule is calculated as:
where,
number of valence electrons in its ground state
number of non bonding valence electrons (that are not involved in chemical bonding) on this atom in a molecule
total number of electrons shared in bonds (that are involved in chemical bonding) with other atoms in the molecule
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