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Lewis Dot of the Nitrite Ion

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The nitrite ion cannot be satisfactorily represented by just one Lewis Dots structure.

 All the bonds are the same length and must be thought of as a hybrid of multiple resonance structures.

When constructed the NO bond has a bond order of 1.5. It is stronger than a single bond but weaker than a double.

 

from  http://treefrog.fullerton.edu/chem/LS/NO2neg1LS.html

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