Explain why, among the resonance structures of the nitrite ion NO , the structure in…

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Explain why, among the resonance structures of the nitrite ion NO2−_2^-, the structure in which the negative formal charge is located on an oxygen atom is preferred over a structure in which the nitrogen atom carries the negative formal charge.

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