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Answer 1 · 2016-12-31T22:59:09

Here's how I would do it.

Ammonium sulfate, ${({NH}_{4})}_{2} {SO}_{4}$ $("NH"_4)_2"SO"_4$ , is an ionic compound.

It consists of two ammonium ions, ${NH}_{4}^{+}$ $"NH"_4^"+"$ , and one sulfite ion, ${SO}_{3}^{2-}$ $"SO"_3^"2-"$ .

We must first draw the Lewis structures of each ion. They are:

ligand-expo.rcsb.org

and

www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca

Thus, the skeleton structure of ammonium sulfite would be

Ammonium sulfite