What is the formal charge of the encircled atom?

a. −1

b. 2

c. −2

d. 0

Determine the formal charges of the indicated atoms.

The number of lone pairs can be predicted by utilizing the formal charge of an atom. By considering the formal charge or the absence of the charge on each atom, fill in electron pairs on the atom that needed it.

Show the missing non-bonding electrons and formal charges for the given structures.

Give each atom in the following compounds its corresponding formal charge.

i.

ii.