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(a) nitromethane is an organic compound with the molecular formula ch3no2. draw a complete lewis structure that shows all bonds, unshared electron pairs, and minimized formal charges, where appropriate.

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The Lewis Structure of Nitromethane is attached below.

It can be found from structure that it consists of a single carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms and a nitrogen atom of Nitro functional group via single covalent (sigma) bonds.

The functional group (-NO₂) is highlighted in blue.

Also, the formal charges on all atoms is zero except for Nitrogen atom and and oxygen atom of Nitro group which was calculated +1 and -1 respectively using following formula.

Formal Charge = [# of valence e⁻] - [e⁻ in lone pairs + 1/2 # of bonding e⁻]

(a) nitromethane is an organic compound with the molecular formula ch3no2. draw a-example-1
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