How do you draw the Lewis structure for the hypobromite ion, BrO^-?

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Truong-Son N.
Jan 19, 2018

Well, if two atoms are in space, how do they connect?

Given that "Br" has 7 valence electrons and "O"^(-) has 7 valence electrons (i.e. including the - charge), we have 14 valence electrons to distribute.

Halogens usually make one bond and have three lone pairs of electrons. With that, it is enough to come up with:

:ddot"Br"-ddot"O": ^((-))
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