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Bxplaln the structure of CO_(2). |
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Answer» Solution :Experimental BOND length : The EXPERIMENTALLY determined both carbon to oxygen bond length in `CO_(2)` is 115 pm. The length of a normal carbon to oxygen double bond (C = O ) and carbon to oxygen TRIPLE bond `(C equiv O )` are 121 pm and 110 pm respectively. The C - O bond lengths in lie between the values for C = O and C = O . Obxiouly, a single Lewis structure cannot depict this POSITION and it becomes necessary to WRITE more than one Lewis structures and to consider that the structure of `CO_(2)` is best described as a hybrid of the canonical or resonance forms I, II and III. The hybrid resonance (IV) shows the correct bond length.  OR Resonance structure by Lewis represent are as follow. 
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