Question #81669

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Apr 7, 2014

SO_2 is bent when you draw out the lewis dot structure (and a resonance structure):

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SO_2 is asymmetrical with respect to the central S atom and so has a dipole. The electrons are not equally shared in the S-O bonds also, because O is more electronegative.