Chemguide: Core Chemistry 14 - 16


Covalent bonding in C2H6O problem






It doesn't matter if you have, for example, got the bonding pair between the oxygen and the hydrogen on the top or the side or the bottom of the atom. As long as you have the correct number of bonding pairs and other pairs around each atom, that's fine.




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