Chemistry question.......lewis dot diagrams

well ive been really busy with homework lately and i havent had time to post much on the boards and when i do, guess what?......its about homework......yay!:bounce:

I know these are usally among the easiest questions in chemistry and either im stupid or this question is screwed up but what is the lewis dot diagram for  N2O3?


thanks in advance

Gawd... It\'s been years... lesse....
(this may or may not be right)

N 5 valence electrons so:

..x
xNxx
..x

And O 6 valence electrons so:

....o
ooOoo
....o


Alright.. this isn\'t ionic.. or resonant... must be covalent right?  Ok, and we can\'t set up.. as far as I can see, this isn\'t a complex molecule, so I\'m looking at:

O - N - O - N - O as my molecule...  Cause putting the n together in the middle.. well... N2 is a triple bonding molecule.. nah.. whatever...

Here\'s my guess (remember... it\'s been 5 years so unless you agree with this, don\'t use it):

..oo.....xx...oo..xx.....oo
ooOooxxNxoOoxNxxooOoo
................oo

Yeah, so there is my guess.  The outer two O atoms are bonded to the N atoms, which are double bonded to a central O atom....

Oh well, who cares... I hated chemistry anyways  :rolleyes:

scary diagram there...

..................
:O:N::O::N:O:
..................


That would be my guess.  The sad thing is I\'m not entirely sure, and I\'m in chemistry now.

edit- and damn if that didn\'t take a long time to format right

Yeah.. aren\'t the same...... only mine took 3 minutes instead of 20.... course... yours is pretty....

I described it right, but didn\'t draw it right.  o well.  That\'ll learn me for only half paying attention back in highschool.  Lol.  

Learn it only well enough to pass the test.  Even if you go into a chemistry related field, unless it\'s pure research or something, I guarantee you you will never use lewis dot diagrams again in your life.

Originally posted by FatalXception
I guarantee you you will never use lewis dot diagrams again in your life.

amen to that.


And thanks for the help...It was too late and all so i just handed in the assignment with that question incomplete.

pure slacker.

i do yr 12 chem and i havent come across these suckers yet, we are doing all titrations and electron configs.......oh yeah and now where learning all this new mole stuff ahhhhh....i have to get back to my homework lol!!!