| was there a "terminal" oxygen that was assigned an H earlier? |
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does that oxygen need more electrons to form an 8et? |
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place a number of electrons
necessary to form an 8-et (or if not
enough left, then place just whatever number of electrons was leftover) on this oxygen |
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remove these electrons from T |
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continue |
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does the central atom need more electrons to form an 8et? ![]() |
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continue ![]() |
![]() place the number of electrons necessary to form an 8-et (or if not enough left, then place just whatever number of electrons was leftover) on the central atom |
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remove these electrons from T |
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continue | |||