Is this a correct Lewis Dot structure for ozone?

Question

I drew a Lewis dot structure of ozone but when I look online it is a bit different. Can I make the single covalent bonds like a triangle that connects all three atoms or is that not allowed? If so, what rule is that and you describe it and its name?

Answer 1

1. Dear OP, by the way, that 'trioxygen' is dubbed ozone.

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For starters, the Lewis dot structure for ozone does not look like that. It is not a ring.

This is explained in this link: Can ozone have a triangular structure?

There it is also given (one of the simpler answers):

In order to form a 3-member ring your electron pairs would have to bend at 60 degrees; the energy required to push naturally repulsive electrons so close together would make the molecule very unstable.

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The correct Lewis dot structures along with resonance structures, can be shown as below:

This is from my NCERT textbook. You can check out the bonding and the Lewis dot structure.

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