JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 4. Chemical bonding and molecular structure
The formal charges on the atoms marked as (1) to (4) in the Lewis representation of \(HNO_{3}\) molecule respectively are

- A +1, 0, 0, -1
- B 0, -1, 0, +1
- C 0, +1, 0, -1
- D 0, 0, -1, +1
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(C) 0, +1, 0, -1
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Consider the structure of \(HNO_{3}\) \(1 : 0\) \(2 : (+1)\) \(3 : 0\) \(4 : (-1)\) Formal charge = valence e's - non bonding e's - \(\left(\frac{\text { bonding electrons }}{2}\right)\)
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