Draw the resonance structures for the bicarbonate ion, .

(a) Does have the same number of resonance structures as ion? Are any less likely than the others?

(b) What are the formal charges on the O and C atoms in ? What is the average formal charge on the O atoms? Compare this with the O atoms in .

(c) Protonation of gives . How do formal charges predict where the ion will be attached?

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