Methyl isocyanate, h3c-n=c=o, is used in the industrial synthesis of a type of pesticide and herbicide known as a carbamate. as a historical note, an industrial accident in bhopal, india in 1984 resulted in leakage of an unknown quantity of this chemical into the air. an estimated 200,000 persons were exposed to its vapors and over 2000 of these people died.
(a) draw the lewis structure for methyl isocyanate.
explicitly draw all h atoms.
include all valence lone pairs in your answer.
(b) what is the hybridization of the carbonyl carbon? ²spsp³
what is the hybridization of the nitrogen? ²spsp³