Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
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Chapter 3, Problem 84E
Lewis structures can be used to understand why some molecules react in certain ways. Write the Lewis structures for the reactants and products in the reactions described below.
a. Nitrogen dioxide dimerizes to produce dinitrogen tetroxide.
b. Boron trihydride accepts a pair of electrons from ammonia, forming BH3NH3.
Give a possible explanation for why these two reactions occur.
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