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Choose the BEST lewis structure for OCl2

Choose the BEST lewis structure for OCl2

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Option (D) is the correct structure for OCl2, because the 20 Valence of the Molecule are distributed such that no octet rule is violated . Moreover option (a) is not correct because Cl since being the halogen rarely forms a double bond .
Hence option D is correct


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