2007-11-27 00:37:11 · 4 answers · asked by Peggy W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
the formal charge is 0
nitrogen comes in with 5 electrons and for calculating formal charge you take the numbe of electron the element came in with (5) minus number of eletrons is has (lone pairs) and also subtract half the bonding pairs.
so 5-2(lone pair)-3(half the bonding pairs) =0
Chlorine also has a formal charge of 0
everyone was thinking of oxidation numbers which is different from formal charge.
2007-11-27 04:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Rando B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
+3
2007-11-27 00:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by ronaq 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
+3 The chlorine are all -1, there are three of them so the N has to be +3 to balance the charge on the chlorine.
good luck!
2007-11-27 00:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by Rush is a band 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
+3 every Cl has -1
Cl-N-Cl
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Cl
2007-11-27 00:50:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋