Draw the best lewis structure for h 2 co 3 and calculate the formal charge on carbon.

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schepotkina [342]3 years ago

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The Lewis structure of Carbonic Acid (H₂CO₃) is given below. In structure it is shown that carbon has a double bond with one oxygen atom and two single bonds with hydroxyl groups.

Formal Charge;
Formal charge is caculated as,

Formal charge = # of valence e⁻ - [# of lone pair of e⁻ + 1/2 # of bonded e⁻]

Formal charge on Carbon;

Formal charge = 4 - [ 0 + 8/2]

Formal charge = 4 - [4]

Formal charge = Zero

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