On a piece of scratch paper, draw all the octet rule following resonance structures of OCN^-1. (C is central) Then enter them
below as best you can, not worrying about the lone pairs, For example if you were drawing water, you would type H-O-H. For
triple bonds, do a double and a single (eq if I was showing the triple bond in diatomic nitrogen, I would write N-=N)
Under each atom in each structure, put the formal charge of that atom in that structures.
Then, give approximate % of each resonance structure contributing to the actual, real structure.
On A Piece Of Scratch Paper Draw All The Octet Rule Following Resonance Structures Of Ocn 1 C Is Central Then Enter 1 (11.4 KiB) Viewed 63 times
On a piece of scratch paper, draw all the octet rule following resonance structures of OCN. (C is central) Then enter them below as best you can, not worrying about the lone pairs. For example if you were drawing water, you would type H-O-H. For triple bonds, do a double and a single (eq if I was showing the triple bond in diatomic nitrogen, I would write N-=N) Under each atom in each structure, put the formal charge of that atom in that structures Then, give approximate % of each resonance structure contributing to the actual, real structure.
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