Question

How many lone pair of electrons are present in N2O5

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 20 electrons pairs. σ bonds, π bonds and lone pairs belong to these 20 electrons pairs.

Answer 2

There are Twelve (12) lone pair of electrons present in N2O5.

- Out of the 5 Oxygen atoms, 2 O atoms have 3 lone pairs each and 3 O atoms have 2 lone pairs each.

- Both the N atoms do not have any lone pair of electrons.

- So, in total there are 12 lone pair of electrons and all of them are distributed among the O atoms.