What is the formal charge on the central nitrogen in the Lewis structure of N2O?

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anor277
Nov 16, 2017

Well, for both nitrogens the average charge is #+1/2#....

Explanation:

And the typical resonance structures are....

#N-=stackrel(+)N-O^(-)#...and #""^(-)N=stackrel(+)N=O#..

...i.e. the positive charge is distributed across the TWO nitrogen centres.

The nitrogen-nitrogen bond length is approx. #1.13xx10^-10*m# and the nitrogen-oxygen bond length is #1.19xx10^-10*m#....

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