Like several other bonds, carbon-oxygen bonds have lengths and strengths that depend on the bond order. Draw Lewis structures for the following species, and arrange them in order of increasing carbon-oxygen bond length. (Indicate the order with the numbers from the drop-down list, starting with 1 for the compound with the smallest bond length to 5 for the compound with the largest bond length.) a) HCO3-(H attached to O)b) CO32-c) CH4Od)  H2COe)  CO

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Like several other bonds, carbon-oxygen bonds have lengths and strengths that depend on the bond order. Draw Lewis structures for the following species, and arrange them in order of increasing carbon-oxygen bond length. (Indicate the order with the numbers from the drop-down list, starting with 1 for the compound with the smallest bond length to 5 for the compound with the largest bond length.)


a) HCO3-(H attached to O)
b) CO32-
c) CH4O
d)  H2CO
e)  CO

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