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Textbook Solutions for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

Chapter 9 Problem 96E

Question

Phosgene (Cl2CO) is a poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon during World War I. It is a potential agent for chemical terrorism today. Draw the Lewis structure of phosgene. Include all three resonance forms by alternating the double bond among the three terminal atoms. Which resonance structure is the best?

Solution

Solution 96E Step 1 of In order to write Phosgene we have to put C in the middle and Cl and O atoms all around, like indicated below

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Title Chemistry: A Molecular Approach 3 
Author Nivaldo J. Tro
ISBN 9780321809247

Phosgene (Cl2CO) is a poisonous gas used as a chemical

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