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Pat B. · Jackie Shlecter
Apr 7, 2014

#SO_2# is bent when you draw out the lewis dot structure (and a resonance structure):

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#SO_2# is asymmetrical with respect to the central S atom and so has a dipole. The electrons are not equally shared in the S-O bonds also, because O is more electronegative.

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