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  • 21-08-2020
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) Why is the Lewis structure for CO2 usually written as O = C = O rather than

O ≡ C - O ?

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imitateportsmouth imitateportsmouth
  • 27-08-2020

Answer:

The Lewis structure for CO2 is O = C = O rather than  O ≡ C - O because of the covalent nature of the bonds that makes CO2 a polar molecule and to become stable it is important to fill valence shell of both atoms equally.

CO2 can not be written as O ≡ C - O because then there will be one non-paired electron in the oxygen atom that can disturb the stability of CO2.

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