How to determine the Lewis dot structure of O2?
Dude Changed status to publish February 8, 2022
It’s an oxide ligand. A single oxygen atom is the charge carrier and always exists in pairs, which we know from condensed matter physics. Oxygen is a heteronuclear diatomic molecule which gives us two Lewis dot structures for it. The first of those would be what you’re looking for, with one O+ pair on top of another and a -Br- pair at the bottom. If you want to break up the top structure into lone pairs or mess around with making a double bond between oxygen atoms, I’d recommend drawing out your Lewis dot diagram on sheets of carbon paper first so that you can see what happens as you make changes!
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