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OH⁻ Lewis Structure: Electrons, Lone Pairs, and Charge

Draw the OH- Lewis structure using 8 valence electrons, three oxygen lone pairs, a single O–H bond, and the correct negative charge.

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Try to draw the OH⁻ Lewis structure before watching the video.

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This exercise asks for hydroxide, OH⁻, not neutral OH or a metal hydroxide. The −1 charge is included in the electron count. Formal charges describe electron bookkeeping and are not measured partial atomic charges.