General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications (11th Edition)
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Author: Ralph H. Petrucci, F. Geoffrey Herring, Jeffry D. Madura, Carey Bissonnette
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Chapter 11, Problem 57IAE
The molecule formamide,
The C-N bond length is 138pm. Two Lewis structures can be written for this molecule, with the true structure being a resonance hybrid of the two. Propose a hybridization and bonding scheme for each structure.
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