How do you draw the lewis dot structure for KOH and is os capable of resonace, if so how do you draw it then? I am having a really hard time with this compound

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anor277
May 9, 2018

Well, potassium hydroxide is an ionic species, that is FORMALLY incapable of resonance...

Explanation:

You gots hydroxide anion, i.e. #""^(-)OH#...there are seven valence electrons around oxygen, versus eight nuclear charges, and thus the oxygen centre BEARS A FORMAL negative charge (because there are the #2xx1s# inner core electrons. This is electron-precise, and resonance is not invoked.

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