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16 December, 07:50

He resonance structures of carbon monoxide are shown below. show how each structure can be converted into the other using the curved-arrow notation. to draw an arrow, click on the structure to enter the edit mode, then click on the curved arrow icon.

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  1. 16 December, 11:33
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    The two resonating structures of Carbon Monoxide are shown below.

    The movement of electrons are shown by arrow.

    Structure A:

    In structure a A the formal charges of Carbon and Oxygen are zero. As Formal Charge is calculated as,

    = # of valence electron - electrons in lone pairs + 1/2 bonding electrons electrons

    For C:

    = 4 - 2 + 4/2

    = 4 - 4

    = 0

    For O:

    = 6 - 4 + 4/2

    = 6 - 6

    = 0

    Structure B:

    Formal Charge on C:

    = 4 - 2 + 6/2

    = 4 - 5

    = - 1

    Formal Charge on O:

    = 6 - 2 + 6/2

    = 6 - 5

    = + 1
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