Part A

Write a single Lewis structure for SO3.

Draw the Lewis dot structure for SO3. Include all lonepairs of electrons.

Part B

Determine the hybridization at the S atom.

Determine the hybridization at the atom.

sp

sp2

sp3

sp3d

sp3d2

Part C

Are there other equivalent Lewis structures for themolecule?

There are other equivalent Lewis structures for SO3.

There are no other equivalent Lewis structuresfor SO3.

Part D

Would you expect SO3 to exhibit delocalized ? bonding?

Would you expect to exhibit delocalized bonding?

The multiple resonance structures indicatedelocalized ? bonding.

sp2 hybridization indicatesdelocalized ? bonding.

The multiple resonance structures indicate nodelocalized ? bonding.

sp2 hybridization indicates nodelocalized ? bonding.

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