Carbonyl fluoride, COF

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · AP · Chemistry · Compound Structure and Properties · Compound Structure and Properties

Problem

Carbonyl fluoride, COF2_2, has a Lewis structure where carbon is double-bonded to oxygen and single-bonded to each of two fluorine atoms. Calculate the formal charge on (i) the carbon atom, (ii) the oxygen atom, and (iii) each fluorine atom.

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