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Problem 23a
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Section: Problems by Topic
Chapter 9: Chemical Bonding I:The Lewis Model
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13 Nov 2021
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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