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Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties

Quick questions on Resonance and formal charge - AP Chemistry Unit 2

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Calculate the formal charge on the central nitrogen in the ammonium ion NH4+\text{NH}_4^{+} (four N-H bonds, no lone pairs on N). [1 point]
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Explain why all three sulfur-oxygen bonds in the sulfite ion, SO32\text{SO}_3^{2-}, have the same length. [2 points]

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