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Consider the pyrosulfate ion, S2O72–. It has no sulfur–sulfur nor oxygen–oxygen bonds....

Consider the pyrosulfate ion, S₂O₇²^–. It has no sulfur–sulfur nor oxygen–oxygen bonds.

(a) Write a Lewis structure for the pyrosulfate ion using only single bonds.

(b) What is the formal charge on the sulfur atoms for the Lewis structure you drew in part (a)?

(c) Write another Lewis structure using bonds.

(d) What is the formal charge on each atom for the structure you drew in part (c)?

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