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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

The formal charge on the S-atom in the following structure is: (S bonded to C by a single bond and bearing three lone pairs)

Answer: -1

Solution

Formal charge on S (valence electrons, 6) (lone-pair electrons, 6) (bonding electrons, 1) .

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