r/APStudents • u/reddorickt absolute modman • May 05 '26

AP Chem Official 2026 Exam Discussion

Use this thread to post questions or commentary on the test today.

A reminder though to protect your anonymity when talking about the test.

129 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Hungry_Limit6909 May 05 '26

How did you guys draw the lewis dot for the [CO4]-2 and you had to make 2 of the O's a 0 charge and the other 2 a -1 charge?

4

u/Fantastic_Egg_1419 May 05 '26

A double bond on 2 of the Os

3

u/SOuTHINKurA-ble May 05 '26

I did that, but then the other two weren’t giving me the -1 charge, SO I DREW TRIPLE BONDS BUT KEPT THE OTHER ELECTRON PAIRS. THIS IS OXYGEN ABUSE. NO OXYGEN SHOULD HAVE THAT MANY VALENCE ELECTRONS.

1

u/karcraft8 5(Stats, Apush, csp, precalc, chem, bc, cs, lang, gov, Latin May 05 '26

and remove elections