Most of the time it says that LEWIS DOT structure of oxygen molecule is imaginary why??
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Answer:
Electron dot structure of Oxygen
O
2
=6×2=12e
−
Each Oxygen complete its Octet.
Option B shows the Lewis structure of O
2
.
Answer:
A Lewis structure is a structural representation of a molecule where dots are used to show electron positions around the atoms and lines or dot pairs represent covalent bonds between atoms. The purpose of drawing a Lewis dot structure is to identify the lone electron pairs in molecules to help determine chemical bond formation. Lewis structures can be made for molecules that contain covalent bonds and for coordination compounds. The reason is that electrons are shared in a covalent bond. In an ionic bond, it's more like one atom donates an electron to the other atom.
Lewis structures are named for Gilbert N. Lewis, who introduced the idea in the article "The Atom and the Molecule" in 1916.
A Lewis structure is based on the concept of the octet rule, in which atoms share electrons so that each atom has eight electrons in its outer shell. As an example, an oxygen atom has six electrons in its outer shell. In a Lewis structure, these six dots are arranged so that an atom has two lone pairs and two single electrons. The two pairs would be opposite each other around the O symbol and the two single electrons would be on the other sides of the atom, opposite each other.
In general, single electrons are written on the side of an element symbol. An incorrect placement would be (for example), four electrons on one side of the atom and two on the opposite side. When oxygen bonds to two hydrogen atoms to form water, each hydrogen atom has one dot for its lone electron. The electron dot structure for water shows the single electrons for oxygen sharing space with the single electrons from hydrogen. All eight spots for dots around oxygen are filled, so the molecule has a stable octet.
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