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Title: Question about non-bonding electrons
Post by: mogs on July 09, 2018, 04:56:26 PM

https://imgur.com/a/BCoQ8Vj

Hi all,

I don't understand how carbon is capable of holding two non-bonding electrons as pictured above. I thought it only has four valence electrons it can share. It is sharing three of them, leaving one left over. And yet two nonbonding electrons are shown. How is this possible?

Cheers!

Title: Re: Question about non-bonding electrons
Post by: Babcock_Hall on July 09, 2018, 06:38:59 PM

mogs,

What does the Lewis octet rule suggest about carbon, and does this atom conform to that expectation?

Title: Re: Question about non-bonding electrons
Post by: mogs on July 10, 2018, 04:31:59 PM

wow, hey thanks! Not my finest moment