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how can sulfur have 4 double bonds even though it only 6 valence electrons, ex. H2SO4?

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H2SO4 has no double bonds.  It has two types of S-O bonds.  These are S-O where the sulfur contributes 2 electrons and 2 S-O bonds where the sulfur contributes 1 electron and the oxygens get the other from the hydrogen.  Every O has 8, the sulfur has 8, and the H have 2.

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