The formal charge calculation is to help us decide which is a better representation of reality. In our example then the two double bond version is the best using the first rule. This quiz will be graded as you take it. It is for practice only. The answer if you look closely at all three after you draw them is yes to all three of these questions.
Ozone is developed nearby.
As a matter of fact, stop and read pages 283 carefully now. This means that a different arrangement of atoms bonded in a different order is not a resonance structure. The fact is that the resonance structure is a way for freshman chemists to get an idea of how the electrons are distributed among atoms in covalent molecules and ions. When the number of valence electrons in a stand alone atom or molecule is odd we call this a radical . Whoops way too many electrons for everyone to just get an octet.