Lewis Dot Diagrams -- Diatomic Molecules? I had tried to answer this 3 times, an

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Lewis Dot Diagrams -- Diatomic Molecules?

I had tried to answer this 3 times, and I am not sure what I did wrong.

Could anyone tell me why my answer is not correct?

Lewis Diagrams -- Triatomic Molecules and Ions Of the drawings shown below, select all and only those which are acceptable Lewis diagrams for the species indicated. O_S_- o:]2- Lewis structure of SO22-? [.O_Cl_0.]- Lewis structure of cio2"? [N=-N=-N.]- Lewis structure of N3-2 N_N_ö: Lewis structure of N20? :o-Cz 0: Lewis structure of CO2? Submit Answer Incorrect. Tries 3/5 Previous Tries

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Ans : O=C=O Lewis structure of CO2

Only one correct choice is present , the one that shows the lewis structure of Carbon dioxide. Rest all other choices are incorrect.

Here the octet of the central atom is complete and the other oxygen atoms are also stable due to filled octet.

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