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VASHAANTH GOWRI-KRISZYK

April 26, 2018 10:45

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Hello,

I was just wondering how would ozone work on dot structures.

Thank you.

Warmest regards,

Vashaanth

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Okapi

April 30, 2018 16:21

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Hello Vashaanth,
I hope the picture above helps. As you see ozone is very unstable and constantly oscillating between the two structures shown above. A line at an O represents two dots (imagine they are linked to pairs).

The picture is from Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Ozon_Mesomerie.svg and under CC-by-sa-License (i.e. you can use it for free).

If you have further questions do not hesitate to ask!

Kind regards, Okapi

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