CHEMISTRY HELP PLEASE!!

[Anonymous32]

when you draw the displayed formula of a molecule, does it matter how you draw it as long as each atom makes the right number of bonds?
for example, does it matter what the molecule C3H4O3 looks like as long as the carbon makes 4 bonds each, the oxygen 2 and the hydrogen 1?

[Phi for All]

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[exchemist]

1 hour ago, Anonymous32 said:

when you draw the displayed formula of a molecule, does it matter how you draw it as long as each atom makes the right number of bonds?
for example, does it matter what the molecule C3H4O3 looks like as long as the carbon makes 4 bonds each, the oxygen 2 and the hydrogen 1?

Depends what you are trying to do. If you just want to show what is bonded to what then it doesn’t matter, but if you want show spatial relationships then bond angles can become important. 

[Anonymous32]

2 hours ago, Phi for All said:

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sorry, i will make sure to do that next time!

1 hour ago, exchemist said:

Depends what you are trying to do. If you just want to show what is bonded to what then it doesn’t matter, but if you want show spatial relationships then bond angles can become important. 

yes, i wanted to show what is bonded to what, thank you!