Chemistry Atoms First2e
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Chapter 5, Problem 16E
Consider nitrous acid,
(a) Write a Lewis structure.
(b) What are the electron pair and molecular geometries of the internal oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the
(c) What is the hybridization on the internal oxygen and nitrogen atoms in HNO2?
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