Chapter 14, Problem 33E

The three most stable oxides of carbon are carbon monoxide $\text{(CO)}$ , carbon dioxide ${\text{(CO}}_{\text{2}})$ , and carbon suboxide ${\text{(C}}_{\text{3}}{\text{O}}_{\text{2}})$ . The space-filling models for these three compounds are

For each oxide, draw the Lewis structure, predict the molecular structure, and describe the bonding (in terms of the hybrid orbitals for the carbon atoms).