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Draw the Lewis structure for NO2-. How many single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds, and unshared pairs of electrons are on the central atom, in that order, when considering a single contributing structure (ignoring the averaging effects of resonance)?

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Nitrogen has one single bond, one double bond, no triple bonds, one unshared pair of electrons.
Draw the Lewis structure for NO2-. How many single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds-example-1