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Question

The formal charge on the carbon atom in the carbonate ion is:

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Solution

Formal charge = Valence electrons –  lone pair electrons  bonded pair electrons2

                         =401/2×8=0

File:Carbonate-ion-localised-2D.png - Wikimedia Commons

 


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