Chapter 1, Problem 51P

In Chapter 15 we shall learn how the nitronium ion, ${\text{NO}}_2^{+}$ forms when concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids are mixed. (a) Write a Lewis structure for the nitronium ion. (b) What geometry does VSEPR theory predict for the ${\text{NO}}_2^{+}$ ion? (c) Give a species that has the same number of electrons as ${\text{NO}}_2^{+}$.