Can you depict a molecule of water showing the nature of bonding between one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms?
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Answer:- Oxygen is bonded to the two H atoms via a single covalent bond between O and each H atom.
Explanations:- Oxygen has six valence electrons and it needs two more electrons to get it's nearest noble gas configuration. Hydrogen has one valence electron and wants one more to get it's nearest noble gas configuration,
Nearest noble gas to H is He that has two valence electrons and the nearest noble gas to O is Ne that has eight valence electrons.
Oxygen makes a single bond with each H atom and in this way the oxygen and both the H atoms becomes happy to have the nearest noble gas configurations.
Out of six, four electrons are present as two lone pair on oxygen that are represented by 4 dots around it. Water molecule has bent shape due to the repulsion between lone pairs present on the central oxygen atom. The structure is shown below:
Answer:Oxygen is bonded to the two H atoms via a single covalent bond between O and each H atom.
Explanations:- Oxygen has six valence electrons and it needs two more electrons to get it's nearest noble gas configuration. Hydrogen has one valence electron and wants one more to get it's nearest noble gas configuration,
Nearest noble gas to H is He that has two valence electrons and the nearest noble gas to O is Ne that has eight valence electrons.
Oxygen makes a single bond with each H atom and in this way the oxygen and both the H atoms becomes happy to have the nearest noble gas configurations.
Out of six, four electrons are present as two lone pair on oxygen that are represented by 4 dots around it. Water molecule has bent shape due to the repulsion between lone pairs present on the central oxygen atom. The structure is shown below: