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Given information

Here the given molecule is:

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

In Lewis structures, dots represent the electrons. Thus such structures are called Lewis dot structures. They provide a picture of bonding in molecules in terms of the shared pair of electrons and the octet rule.

 

The formal charge on an atom in a Lewis structure can be given by the expression:

 

Formal charge Total number of valence electrons in the free atom Total number of nonbonding electrons Half the total number of bonding electrons

 

The resonance structures are represented by using double-headed arrows.

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