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Structure and bonding

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Reply 20
Original post by Ze Witcher
Hey, its been a few months since I've recapped this stuff :smile:


No worries :tongue:

Anyway. I'm just really confused whether this thread is about Silicon Dioxide or Sulfur Dioxide now. Because OP wrote S as the symbol but said Silicon :s-smilie:

OP for the record:

Silicon dioxide is giant covalent with each silicon singly bonded to 4 oxygens.
Sulfur dioxide is simple covalent with each sulfur doubly bonded to 2 oxygens, and is bent.
(edited 7 years ago)
Reply 21
Original post by alow
In SO2, the sulfur clearly has an oxidation state of +4...


Hi, so for the dot and cross diagram of so2 , it is just 2 double covalent bonds right? Cheers
Reply 22
Original post by coconut64
Hi, so for the dot and cross diagram of so2 , it is just 2 double covalent bonds right? Cheers


And a lone pair.

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