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Explain what is wrong with the following structure.

Explain what is wrong with the following structure.-example-1
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Answer:

oxygen should be the central atom in the middle

Step-by-step explanation:

hydrogens always go on the outside

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Hydrogen cannot have more than two electrons.

Hydrogen bonds to only one other atom at a time.

There are too many electrons in the final structure.

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