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In Section 7-1, we used the NO2 Lewis structures of types (1) and (2) to construct Lewis structures for N2O4. To do this, we have spin-paired the odd-electron of one NO2 moiety with the odd-electron of the other moiety, to obtain the Lewis octet structures (3)-(7) of Section 7-1 for N2O4.
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Harcourt, R.D. (2016). Pauling “3-Electron Bonds” and “Increased Valence” Theory for N2O4 . In: Bonding in Electron-Rich Molecules. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 90. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16676-6_10
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