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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Observe the following structure

The formal charges on the atoms \(1,2,3\) respectively are

  1. A \(+1,0,-1\)
  2. B \(0,0,-1\)
  3. C \(-1,0,+1\)
  4. D \(0,0,0\)
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(B) \(0,0,-1\)

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The Formal charge can be calculated by this Formula Formal charge \(=\left[\begin{array}{c}\text { Total number of } \\ \text { Valence electron } \\ \text { in the free state }\end{array}\right]-\)…