Formal charge | Molecular and ionic compound structure and properties | AP Chemistry | Khan Academy

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The formal charge of an atom in a molecule is the charge that would reside on the atom if all of the bonding electrons were shared equally. We can calculate an atom's formal charge using the equation FC = VE - [LPE - ½(BE)], where VE = the number of valence electrons on the free atom, LPE = the number of lone pair electrons on the atom in the molecule, and BE = the number of bonding (shared) electrons around the atom in the molecule. View more lessons or practice this subject at https://www.khanacademy.org/science/a...

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