The fulminate species [CNO] - plays an important role inthe historical developme

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The fulminate species [CNO]- plays an important role inthe historical development of the chemical sciences, as it was usedthroughout the 19th and early 20th centuries in the from ofHg(CNO)2, a covalently bonded compound which reactsexplosively to shocks (and was therefore essential as the detonatorin Alfred Nobel's formulation of dynamite). Draw its Lewisstructure, and suggest which end of the fulminate points toward thepositively charged Hg2+ cation. (You might expect some unusualformal changes; unstable species are often unstable preciselybecause the electrons are distributed in peculiar ways.)
I have N(double bond)C(double bond)O - Hg - O(double bond)C(doublebond)N and appropriate lone pairs to fill the octets
Not sure if it's correct because all the formal charges are 0unlike how the question suggested. And I"m not sure if oxygen issupposed to face Hg, anyone wanna help out? Thank you!!
I have N(double bond)C(double bond)O - Hg - O(double bond)C(doublebond)N and appropriate lone pairs to fill the octets
Not sure if it's correct because all the formal charges are 0unlike how the question suggested. And I"m not sure if oxygen issupposed to face Hg, anyone wanna help out? Thank you!!

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