Organic Chemistry As a Second Language, 3e: First Semester Topics

by Klein, David

Published by John Wiley & Sons

ISBN 10: 111801040X

ISBN 13: 978-1-11801-040-2

Chapter 1 - Bond-Line Drawings - 1.5 Identifying Formal Charges - Problems - Page 12: 1.34

Answer

The oxygen atom in this molecule doesn't have a formal charge.

Work Step by Step

Since we can count 6 electrons in the oxygen, and it is in the family 6A of the periodic table, it doesn't have a formal charge.

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