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: 1.39

Answer

The oxygen in the molecule has a negative formal charge.

Work Step by Step

Since oxygen is from the column 6A, and it has 7 electrons in the drawing, it will have a -1* charge. *An extra electron means a -1 charge.

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