EXERCISE Drawing Lewis Structures Octet OCO Complete the Lewis structure by dragging bonds and lone electron pairs to their appropriate positions. Click on an atom to remove an electron pair from that atom or click on a bond to change its order. The structure contains 16 valence electrons Incorrect This structure does not have the correct electron count for this molecule
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Determine the total number of valence electrons in the molecule. For octachlorocyclotetrasilane (C4Cl8), we have: 4 carbon atoms, each with 4 valence electrons = 4 x 4 = 16 electrons 8 chlorine atoms, each with 7 valence electrons = 8 x 7 = 56 electrons Total Show more…
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