Carbon dioxide, CO2, can be represented by more than one plausible Lewis structure.
Representation I (Linear): O = C = O
Representation II (Linear): O—C≡O, where the singly bonded oxygen carries a lone pair set corresponding to a complete octet.
(a) Calculate the formal charge on each atom in Representation I.
(b) Calculate the formal charge on each atom in Representation II.
(c) Identify which representation more accurately depicts the ground-state structure of CO2 and justify your choice using the results from parts (a) and (b).