Question

3) The electron dot diagram of formation of
carbon tetrachloride is given below.

a) How many electrons are required for a
C(2, 4) atom to complete it's octet?
b) How many electrons are required for a
chlorine(2, 8,7) atom to complete it's
octet?
c) Name the type of chemical bond in
carbon tetrachloride.
d) What is the total number of electron
pairs shared by carbon atom with all the
chlorine atoms?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. 4. (as it has 4 electrons in its Valence shell)

b. 1 (as it has 7 electrons in its Valence shell)

c. covalent ( as carbon and chlorine atoms share the electrons)

d. 4 electron pairs.

Answer 2

a) 4 electrons
b) 1 electrons
c) Non polar covalent compound
d) 4 electron pairs