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What is the molecular shape of N2O2?

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If you're just looking at the Lewis Structure from the perspective of the octet rule, it does appear that the structure is correct. Dinitrogen always has a lone pair of electrons which could conceivably be used for dative bonding as you suggest. So from that perspective there appears to be nothing wrong at all - other than that it doesn't exist in nature in this way.

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