Question

How would we represent the Lewis structure of sulfur dioxide?

Answer 1

Well, oxygen is more electronegative than sulfur.

Explanation:

And thus for `SO_2` we might write....`O=stackrel(+)ddotS-O^-`; around sulfur there are 5 electrons, and the molecule is bent, `/_O-S-O=119^@`

We know that electronegativity decreases down a group, and on the Pauling scale the electronegativity of `S=2.58`, and for `O=3.44`...