Question

A certain compound is made up of one sulfur (s) atom, two fluorine (f) atoms, and one oxygen (o) atom. what is the chemical formula of this compound?

Answer 1

OSF$F_{2}$

Answer 2

$SOF_{2}$

The name of the compound is thionyl fluoride.

Here, sulfur atom is the central atom with 6 valence electrons. It shares the two electrons to form double bond with oxygen atom and 1 electron each with the two fluorine atoms. The remaining two electrons will remain on the sulfur atom as lone pair.

The structure of the compound is attached here.