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PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:43 am    Post subject: Please tell me something Reply with quote

Hello my name is Jerry Katzman MD and i have one small question: can (s) and (o) make a covalent bond?
Thank you for your help.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Answer Reply with quote

If you meant sulfur and oxigen, the answer is simply yes!

If you burn sulfur you got SO2, which is a gas, and looks like this:

<O=S=O>

<,> being the lone pairs, = being a double bond
Also there is SO3:
^
O
||
<O=S=O>

So yes sulfur and oxigen can form covalent bonds!
SO2 is commonly used as a preservative gas, for example in a bag of chips.
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