Final answer:
Hydroxylamine, H₃NO, has a nitrogen atom bonded to two hydrogens and one hydroxyl group, with a formal charge of zero on both nitrogen and oxygen, consistent with its actual structure.
Step-by-step explanation:
The structure of hydroxylamine (H₃NO) can be drawn with a nitrogen atom single-bonded to two hydrogen atoms and one hydroxyl (OH) group, with the nitrogen also having a lone pair of electrons. This gives the nitrogen a formal charge of zero, as it has made three bonds and has one lone pair (5 valence electrons - 3 bonds - 2 electrons in lone pair = 0).
The oxygen in the hydroxyl group is bonded to one hydrogen and has three lone pairs, contributing to a formal charge of zero (6 valence electrons - 1 bond - 6 electrons in lone pairs = 0). The actual structure of hydroxylamine is consistent with the assigned formal charges, as it prefers to have no formal charge on either the nitrogen or oxygen when possible.