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Chemistry Question?
I need some help working this problem out. Thanks.
Draw the Lewis structure for SO42-. How many equivalent resonance structures can be drawn?
The choices are
a) 2
b) 8
c) 4
d) 3
e) 6
4 Answers
- ?Lv 51 decade agoFavourite answer
SO4^2+:
Sulfur in the middle again. It attaches to 2 oxygen atoms through double bonds. Each of these oxygen atoms have 2 lone pairs each. The sulfur also attaches to 2 more oxygen atoms through single bonds. Each of these 2 oxygen atoms have 3 lone pairs each. These last 2 oxygen atoms have a formal negative charge
- 1 decade ago
4
I thick.
They are surfer-oxygen bonds.
