Question
Write the Lewis structure of nitrite 
Solution
Step I. Total number of valence electrons of NO2 = 5 + 6 + 6+1=18.
Step II. Total number of electrons to be distributed in
Step III. The skeletal structure of
is O N O step.
Step IV. Putting one shared electron pair between the nitrogen and each of the oxygen atoms completing the octet of oxygen atoms.
Step II. Total number of electrons to be distributed in
Step III. The skeletal structure of
is O N O step.Step IV. Putting one shared electron pair between the nitrogen and each of the oxygen atoms completing the octet of oxygen atoms.
