NO Step 7
Picture so far:
(numbers next to atoms are their formal charges)
Example formal charge calculations
(first resonance structure): N-->5-3-(1/2)(4) = 0, O-->6 - 4 -
(1/2)(4) = 0. Since the first resonance structure has formal
charges closest to zero it is the preferred structure.
| Total Valence Electrons |
11 |
| Used so Far |
1(2)+1(6) +1(3) = 11
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| Remaining |
0
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