After drawing the Lewis dot structure of HCN, pick the INCORRECT statement from the following.   There is a lone pair of electrons on N.   The C-N bond is a double bond.   There are no lone pairs on H.   The C-H bond is a single bond.   There are no lone pairs on C.

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After drawing the Lewis dot structure of HCN, pick the INCORRECT statement from the following.

 

There is a lone pair of electrons on N.

 

The C-N bond is a double bond.

 

There are no lone pairs on H.

 

The C-H bond is a single bond.

 

There are no lone pairs on C.

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