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Complete the lewis structure for this species: co2 e

nter the total number of valence electrons in the box.
valence electrons:

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The Lewis structure for CO2 is:

O = C = O

The "e" notation typically refers to an electron, so it's unclear what is meant by "CO2 e". However, the total number of valence electrons for CO2 is 16.

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