what is the formal charge of C and O in carbonmonoxide
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The formal charge of the carbon monoxide molecule is zero.
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Some Lewis structures of carbon monoxide depict formal charges :C = O: as written bears a formal negative charge on the carbon,and the formal positive charge on the oxygen.Note that this charge distribution is a formalism,and the molecule is certainly a neutral entity.
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