Question

What is the electronic structure of a molecule of ethylene?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Ethene is made up of four 1s1 Hydrogen atoms and two 2s2 2px1 2py2 carbon atoms. These carbon atoms already have four electrons, but they each want to get four more so that they have a full eight in the valence shell.

Answer 2

Answer:

in Ethene

Ethene is made up of four 1s1 Hydrogen atoms and two 2s2 2px1 2py2 carbon atoms. These carbon atoms already have four electrons, but they each want to get four more so that they have a full eight in the valence shell.