11. Bonding & Molecular Structure

In the Lewis structure for BeCl_2, what is the formal charge on the Be atom?

What is the formal charge of carbon in carbon monoxide (CO) when the Lewis structure is drawn with a triple bond between carbon and oxygen?

In the molecule HCN, which atom is most likely to bear a formal charge in its most stable Lewis structure?

In the Lewis structure of the sulfate ion (SO_4^{2-}), what is the formal charge on the oxygen atom that is doubly bonded to the sulfur atom?

What is the formal charge on the oxygen atom in the Lewis structure of the nitrate ion (NO_3^-), where one oxygen is double-bonded to nitrogen and the other two are single-bonded with each carrying one lone pair?

Which one of the following statements about formal charge is true?

What is the formal charge on the carbon atom in carbon monoxide (CO)?

What is the formal charge on the central carbon atom in the most likely Lewis structure of the thiocyanate ion (SCN−)?

In which of the following ions does carbon have a formal charge?

In the Lewis structure of the nitrate ion (NO_3^-), what is the formal charge on the oxygen atom that is singly bonded to nitrogen?

Given the Lewis structure of the nitrate ion (NO_3^-), where one oxygen atom is double-bonded to nitrogen and the other two are single-bonded with a negative charge, what is the formal charge on the double-bonded oxygen atom?

What is the formal charge on each singly bonded oxygen atom in the Lewis structure of the carbonate ion (CO_3^{2-})?

Which electron dot structure for OCN\(^-\) places a formal charge of -1 on the most electronegative atom?

What is the formal charge on the oxygen atom in N₂O (with the atomic order N–N–O)?

What is the formal charge on the central iodine atom in a molecule of ICl_3?