The two compounds nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetraoxide are introduced in Section 3.13. (a) NO2 is an odd-electron compound. Draw the best Lewis diagrams possible for it, recognizing that one atom cannot achieve an octet configuration. Use formal charges to decide whether that should be the (central) nitrogen atom or one of the oxygen atoms. (b) Draw resonance forms for N2O4 that obey the octet rule. The two N atoms are bonded in this molecule.

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The two compounds nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetraoxide are introduced in Section 3.13.

(a) NO2 is an odd-electron compound. Draw the best Lewis diagrams possible for it, recognizing that one atom cannot achieve an octet configuration. Use formal charges to decide whether that should be the (central) nitrogen atom or one of the oxygen atoms.

(b) Draw resonance forms for N2O4 that obey the octet rule. The two N atoms are bonded in this molecule. 

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