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What would be the formal charge of N in NO2?

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What would be the formal charge of N in NO2?

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The nitrogen gets two electrons for the double bond, one from the single bond and one from the half-filled orbital associated with it. That's a total of 4 and gives N a +1 formal charge since itneeds 5 to be neutral. The Rules for Writing Lewis Structures has some discussion of formal charge in it.

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