Answer to Question #350518 in General Chemistry for Tathy

Question

Write the lewis structure for the ozone molecule, O3

Answer 1

Ozone (O3) is an allotrope of oxygen and contains three oxygen atoms. In the lewis structure of ozone, there are one double bond and one single bond. Also, there are charges in two oxygen atoms in O3 lewis structure. Lewis structure of O3 can be drawn by starting from valence electrons of oxygen atoms in several steps.