Draw the Lewis structures and determine which of these molecules has a central atom that unavoidably violates the octet rule. Please note that NO3 has an odd number of electrons. But you must decide where the missing electron will be. Does the central atom violate the octet rule or do the oxygen atoms? Use formal charges to decide.
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NO3-
CS2
SO3
SO2
PCl3
NH3
XeF2
BCl3
IF5
NO3-
CS2
SO3
SO2
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