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In the Lewis structure of ozone with one double bond and one single bond (formal charges on the central atom and on one terminal atom), the total number of lone pairs on all three oxygen atoms is

  1. A7
  2. B6
  3. C4
  4. D5

Answer: B

Ozone has 18 valence electrons. The double-bonded terminal O has 2 lone pairs, the central O has 1, and the singly bonded terminal O has 3. The total is lone pairs (12 electrons) plus 3 bonding pairs (6 electrons).
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