Why do atoms have an overall neutral charge? Why are ionic compounds electrically neutral? Why is an atom electrically neutral? Why do chloride ions have a single negative charge? Why is the oxygen atom that has a -2 charge more stable than the neutral oxygen atom? Why does an ion have ...
What is the Lewis structure for the molecule CO? What is the formal charge? It turns out that, in the CO molecule, the carbon is the negative end of the molecule. Is this what you would expect based on electronegativity? What could explain this?