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Chemistry 16 - Duay

Problem Set 2

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All problems are adapted from General Chemistry Principles and Modern Applications 10th ed. by
Petrucci, Herring, Madura, and Bissonnette.
I.

Write the Lewis symbols for the following


atoms and ions:
1. As
2. Rb
3. Se24. Sc3+

II. Propose plausible Lewis structures for the


following:
1. NF3
2. H2Te
3. F2CO
4. Cl2SO
5. SO3
6. PH4+
7. PO438. ClO2
9. calcium chloride
10. barium sulfide
11. lithium oxide
12. sodium fluoride
13. lithium hydride
14. calcium hydride
15. magnesium nitride
16. Al (OH)3
17. Ca(CN)2
18. NH4F
19. KClO3
20. Ba3(PO4)2
III. Describe what is wrong with each of the
following Lewis structures. Replace each with
a more acceptable structure.
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.

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6.

7.
8.
IV. Draw a plausible Lewis structure for the
following and assign formal charges.
1. O3
2. AlH43. ClO34. SiF625. ClF3
6. H2NOH
7. SCS
8. NFO
9. OSCl2
10. F3SN
V. For the following, determine if resonance
structures exist. If they do, draw the
resonance structures. Otherwise, write No
resonance structures.
1. HCO22. HCO33. FSO34. N2O325. HOSO36. H2NCN
7. FCO28. S2N2

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