Draw resonance structure of N3-,N2O?

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anor277
Apr 14, 2018

Both of these species are LINEAR....

Explanation:

For azide ion we got #15+1=16*e#, i.e. eight electrons to distribute over three centres...

#""^(-)N=stackrel(+)N=N^(-)#...the central nitrogen is #"sp-hybridized"#, and thus #/_N-N-N=180^@#...

And we got the same number of electrons, and the same hybridization in #N_2O#, i.e. #N-=stackrel(+)N-O^(-)#..else... #""^(-)N=stackrel(+)N=O#

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