A calcium atom has 20 electrons. An oxygen atom has 8 electrons. Using the electronic structures of Calcium and oxygen explain w
hy calcium oxide has the formula CaO
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Answer: C.) SO2
Explanation: Sulfur Dioxide is the gaseous molecule which can show the resonance through lewis dot structure due to the presence of lone pairs of electrons present on all of the three atoms of the molecules. Moreover , Sulphur forms pie bond with the oxygen using p orbitals which forms a network of the conjugated system that help to elaborate the reason of the formation of the resonance structure.
Options (a), (b), and (d) cannot form resonating structures as they involve the formation of the chemical bonds through single sigma bond.
