Pls Help!! What is wrong? Thanks Draw a Lewis structure for SO2 in which all ato

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Pls Help!! What is wrong? Thanks

Draw a Lewis structure for SO2 in which all atoms obey the octet rule. Show formal charges. Draw a Lewis structure for SO2 in which all atoms have a formal charge of zero. Explicitly showing the zero charges is optional. One S atom (with six valence electrons) and two Q atoms (each with six valence electrons) makes a total of 6+2(6)=18 valence electrons that should be shown in your structure. Check that each of your structures shows exactly 18 electrons. Remember that a line represents two electrons and a pair of dots represents two electrons.

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formal charges for above diagram f.c(s)=6-3-2=1 f.c(o)=6-2-4=0 O with double bond f.c(0)=6-1-6=-1 O with single bond SO2 structure when all formal charge is zero O=S=O here formal charge is zero in each atom,S can have 10 elec as it has accces to d-orbitals F.C (O)=6-2-4=0 F.C (S)=6-4-2=0 (VALENCE ELEC-NO OF BOND-NO OF UNBOUNDED ELEC)

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