How do we write the Lewis structures of cyanide, and isocyanide ions?
1 Answer
Apr 5, 2017
Typically, we represent the negative charge on CARBON.........
Explanation:
The typical Lewis structure for cyanide anion is
When cyanides are used (in my opinion, VERY DESTRUCTIVELY) to extract metal ores, for instance those of gold according to the later equation, certainly the carbon centre is the atom that coordinates to gold:
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