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3. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a colorless gas. It is poisonous and smells like almonds. Draw a Lewis structure for this compound, explain why you drew the Lewis structure the way that you did, and predict the shape of the molecule

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    H:C:::N:

    Hydrogen only needs to share 2 electrons

    Carbon and Nitrogen both need an octet (8e-)
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