Question

Draw the Lewis structure for the following species.

\[\ce{SO^{2-}4}\]

Answer 1

\[\begin{bmatrix}\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.}\ce{^{\bullet}_{\bullet}{\overset{\bullet\bullet}{\mathbf{O}}}^{\bullet}_{\bullet}}\phantom{.}\\
\mathbf{|}\\
\ce{\overset{\bullet\bullet}{\underset{\bullet\bullet}{\ce{\mathbf{O}}}}-S=\overset{\bullet\bullet}{\underset{\bullet\bullet}{\mathbf{O}}}}\\
\phantom{}\mathbf{|}\\
\phantom{.}\ce{^{\bullet}_{\bullet}{\underset{\bullet\bullet}{\mathbf{O}}}^{\bullet}_{\bullet}}\phantom{.}
\end{array}\end{bmatrix}^\mathbf{2–}\]