HOCN (exists as NO-CN)
thanks!
2007-01-21 03:58:06 · 3 answers · asked by sandcastlesinair 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Hydrogen shares a pair of electrons with oxygen. Oxygen has two unshared pairs of electrons and shares a pair of electrons with hydrogen and carbon. Carbon shares a pair of electrons with oxygen and shares three pairs of electrons with nitrogen. Nitrogen has another unshared pair of electrons besides the three shared with carbon.
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H:O:C:::N:
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2007-01-21 04:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by LGuard332 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your asking about HOCN, it should have a single bond between the H and the O, a single bond between the O and the C and a triple bond between the C and the N. There will be two non-bonding pairs of electrons on the O and one pair on the N.
2007-01-21 04:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong... it would look like this:
HO-C-(triplebond)-N
Where the CN Double bond should be a triple bond (but can't be drawn due to bill gates lack of chemistry knowledge).
Through resonance you should get a molecule that will look like this:
[HO-C-triplebond-N <-> HO=C=N]
2007-01-21 04:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Phillip R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋