Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 3 - Exercises - Page 150e: 93

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The correct answer is: The Lewis structure for methyl isocyanate, CH3NCO, including resonance forms, is: ``` H | C / \ H N=C=O ``` The skeletal structure is: ``` H | C / \ H N-C-O ``` The key points are: 1. The central carbon atom is connected to a methyl group (CH3), a nitrogen atom, and an oxygen atom. 2. The nitrogen atom is connected to the carbon and has a double bond to the oxygen atom. 3. The structure exhibits resonance, where the double bond can be delocalized between the nitrogen-carbon and carbon-oxygen bonds. 4. All atoms have a formal charge of 0 in the resonance structures.
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