Lewis structure
charge 0
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bent · ≈ 119°
Counting
- Valence electrons
- 18
- Central atom
- S — the least electronegative
- Steric number
- 3
- Electron geometry
- trigonal planar
- Shape
- bent
- Angle
- ≈ 119°
Formal charges
S +1O 0O -1sum = 0, matching the species charge
This molecule has resonance forms.
Equivalent terminal atoms could carry the multiple bond. The real molecule lies between the forms drawn.