Question #35c38

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Feb 25, 2017

Yes, I do. See below for the answers to the first three questions.

#bb"CO"_2#

See this Socratic answer.

#bb"NO"_2#

See this Socratic answer.

#"HCN"#

The Lewis structure is #"H-C≡N:"#

There are two electron domains, so the electron geometry is linear.

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There are no lone pairs, so the molecular geometry is the same as the electron geometry.

The VSEPR shape is linear.