Which skeletal connectivity provides the best starting point for constructing a Lewis…
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Problem
Which skeletal connectivity provides the best starting point for constructing a Lewis diagram of N2O4 that minimizes formal charges on the oxygen atoms?
(a) O–N–N–O, with each nitrogen additionally bonded to one terminal oxygen
(b) O–O–N–N, with one oxygen doubly bonded to each nitrogen
(c) N–O–O–N, with the nitrogen atoms at the ends of the chain
(d) N–N–O–O, with both oxygens terminally bonded to the same nitrogen