Chapter 2: Problem 37
Write the complete Lewis structure for each of the following compounds: (a) formaldehyde, HCHO, which as its aqueous solution "formalin" is used to preserve biological specimens; (b) methanol, \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{OH}\), the toxic compound also called wood alcohol; (c) glycine, \(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{C}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\), the simplest of the amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
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