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Lewis Structure for CH₂O: Formaldehyde

Build the Lewis structure for CH2O: choose carbon as the center, form C=O, show both oxygen lone pairs, and check all 12 valence electrons.

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Formaldehyde is a toxic organic molecule with molecular formula CH₂O. Draw the Lewis structure of formaldehyde.

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The source explicitly identifies CH₂O as formaldehyde. This answer addresses that molecule and the requested Lewis structure only; it does not treat the molecular formula as proof of every possible connectivity or claim the schematic bond angles are measured.