Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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Chapter 6, Problem 68E
Determine the geometry about each interior atom in each molecule and draw the molecule. (Skeletal structure is indicated in parentheses.)
- CH3NH2 (H3CNH2)
- CH3CO2CH3 (H3CCOOCH3 both O atoms attached to second C)
- NH2CO2H(H2NCOOH both O atoms attached to C)
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Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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