Draw the Lewis structure for PCl5 and answer the following questions. a. Does the central atom violate the octet rule? b. How many lone pairs of electrons are in the molecule? c. How many bonding pairs are in the molecule? d. Wh...
Write two resonance structure ofN2Othat satisfy the octet rule. View Solution According to Octed Rule, each atom gains or loses electrons to complete its outermost shell. As a result, molecules are formed. Each contributing element has 8 electrons in the outermost shell, but there are some lim...
Chlorine would have 12 electrons in its valence shell (10 bonding electrons + 2 in the lone pair) and would indeed seem to violate the octet rule. However, elements in the 3rd row of the periodic table are able to expand their valence shell by involving the 3d orbitals. Other examples of...
In order to satisfy the octet of both, oxygen must give up one of its lone pairs to bond. Although nitrogen would more favorably give up its lone pair to bond due to electronegativity, that would violate oxygen's octet. Logged jumper1127 ...