it says SO2 has sp2 hybridization at the sulfur. can someone explain the structure of SO2? i feel like i can make 4 of its lewis dot structures

and why cant it be O=S:=O ??

i'm pretty sure you can draw SO2, the way you did, the reason it's sp2 is because of the bond angles because of the two extra electrons make it 120

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