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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a colorless gas. It is poisonous and smells like almonds. Draw a Lewis structure for this compound, explain the drawing, and predict the shape of the molecule.

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I got most of this down. I know the structure should be like H:C:::N: I'm just a bit confused as to why there are 2 electrons between H and C since there is only one electron in hydrogen

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