Dot-and-cross diagram of carbon dioxide (CO₂)

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Dot-and-cross diagram of carbon dioxide: a carbon circle between two oxygen circles, each overlap holding two dots and two crosses, and two lone pairs of crosses on each oxygen — A dot-and-cross diagram of carbon dioxide, CO₂, with a double bond to each oxygen: each overlap holds two shared pairs, two dots from the carbon and two crosses from the oxygen. Each oxygen also has two lone pairs of crosses on its own circle.

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C: 4 bonding pairs, no lone pairs
Each O: 2 bonding pairs, 2 lone pairs

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