Drawing Lewis Structures

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• What are lewis dot structures used for?
• What is the lewis structure for #SO_2#?
• How do you draw the lewis structure for ions?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for ionic compounds?
• What are some examples of Lewis structures?
• What is an example of a Lewis structures practice problem?
• What are some common mistakes students make with Lewis structures?
• What are some common mistakes students make when drawing Lewis structures?
• How can I draw Lewis dot structures for ionic compounds?
• How can I draw a Lewis structure of a compound?
• How can I draw Lewis structures for covalent bonds?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for ClO2-?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for CO?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for #CO_2#?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for H2O?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for NO?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for PH3?
• How can I draw the Lewis structure for SO2?
• Can a Lewis structure be drawn for any bonded molecule?
• Why are Lewis structures important?
• What do the lines represent in the Lewis structure?
• How can I write the Lewis dot structure for MgCl2?
• How can I write the Lewis dot structure for C2H6?
• What information can Lewis structures convey?
• What is the correct equation for showing the decomposition of #"NO"_2"#?
• Question #4e4a3
• Question #94ccb
• Question #be04e
• Question #a74e8
• Question #2d908
• How many lone pairs are on the Br atom in BrF2- ? A) 2 B) 3 C) 0 D) 1
• Question #b87ec
• Question #dd8a7
• Question #21f00
• Question #a5995
• Question #a7da1
• Question #7f587
• Question #29fd6
• What should the electron dot diagram for iodine look like?
• How would you represent potassium and bromine using an electron dot diagram? How about KBr?
• Question #63258
• How do we draw the Lewis structure of ammonia?
• Question #d2d69
• Which molecule has the most number of lone pairs: #Cl-CH_3#; #CO_2#; #H_2N-NH_2#; #H_4N^+""^(-)C-=N#...?
• Question #97377
• How is the valence electronic structure of the water molecule described?
• How would I determine the correct Lewis structure for NO3- (or any compound)? is it okay for the central atom to have a lone pair? I chose the structure that showed this (in a multi-choice question). But the correct answer showed N and O with a double bon
• Does the Lewis Structure for #BrO_3^-# have three double bonds or two double bonds?
• What is the difference between a Lewis dot symbol and a Lewis structure?
• Which molecule would have a Lewis Structure that is an exception to the octet rule?
• Question #f2961
• What is the Lewis Dot structure for #H_3PO_4#?
• Do you always follow the octet rule when drawing a Lewis structure?
• How many electrons must be shown in the Lewis structure of the hydroxide ion, #OH^-#?
• Why is #"AlCl"_3# a Lewis acid? What happens to its geometry after bonding with another atom?
• Question #dd6c5
• Question #7fada
• How do you draw a Lewis structure for the sulfate ion, #SO_4"^(2-)#?
• What is the correct lewis electron-dot structure for the compound magnesium fluoride?
• Question #e0678
• Draw the Lewis structure of #"HXeSH"# and describe the electron and molecular geometry around the central atom according to VSEPR theory?
• What is the Lewis structure of #N_2F_2#?
• What is the Lewis structure of #Cl_3#?
• What is the Lewis structure of #OCS#?
• What is the Lewis structure for #No_3^+#?
• How do you find the bond order of #NO_3^-#?
• What are the 3 Lewis structures for #NO_3^-#?
• What is the lewis structure for #NO_3^-#?
• Using the Lewis electron dot structure for #NO_3^-#, what is the total number of non-shared electrons?
• What is the Lewis structure of #HNO_3#?
• What is the lewis structure of #NO^+#?
• What is the Lewis structure of #NO_3^-1#?
• What is the lewis structure for #SO_4# with 2- charge?
• What is the Lewis Dot Structure of #ClO_3^(-)#?
• How many resonance structures does the nitrate ion, #NO_3^-1# have?
• What is the Lewis structure for a nitrate ion?
• What is the molecular geometry of the #NO_3^–# ion?
• What is the Lewis Dot Structure for #Mg_2^+#?
• How do you draw the Lewis Structure for #HNO_3#?
• How do you draw the Lewis dot structure for #KNO_3#?
• How many valence electrons does #NO_3^-# have?
• What is the Lewis dot structure #NH_4NO_2# and #NH_4NO_3#?
• Why is #NO_3# a non-polar molecule?
• What are the 3 lewis dot structures for #C_2H_2Cl_2#?
• Is #NO_3^-1# polar or nonpolar?
• What is the Lewis dot structure for #S_3^-2#?
• How do you draw the lewis structure of #IF_4^-# ?
• Is Nitrate (#NO_3^-#) polar or nonpolar? Why?
• Does #NO_3# obey the octet rule?
• What is the formal charge of N in #NH_4^+#?
• What is the resonance structure for #NO_2^-#?
• How do you write/draw a Lewis structure for #N#?
• What is the Lewis structure of #BF_4^-#?
• What is the Lewis structure of compound #Mg(NO_3)_2#?
• What is the resonance structure for #CO_3^-2#?
• How do you write the electron dot diagram for the hydroxide ion #OH^-#?
• How do you write the electron dot diagram for the hydronium ion #H_3O^+#?
• How do you write the electron dot diagram of a hydrogen chloride molecule?
• How many electrons are shared in the Lewis structure of #CH_2Cl_2#?
• What is the correct Lewis structure for arsenic?
• What is the Lewis structure for nitrogen?
• How many pairs of electrons are shared between two adjacent carbon atoms in a saturated hydrocarbon?
• Is ICl2- nonpolar or polar?
• A Lewis structure, based on Kekule’s proposed structure for the benzene molecule, is shown to the right. Explain in no more than 3 sentences why this error is so large?
• How many single bonds can iodine form?
• What is the Lewis structure of calcium carbide?
• How do you write the lewis structure for #XeF_4#?
• How do you rationalize the Lewis structures of the known compounds #XeF_2#, #XeF_4#, and #XeF_6#?
• In the Lewis structure of #ICL_2^-#, how many lone pairs of electrons are around the iodine atom?
• How do you draw the Lewis Structure for #OPBr_3#?
• Why does the Lewis structure of XeF4 not follow the octet rule?
• Which of these compounds do not follow the octet rule?
• What is the Lewis Structure for #GeF_4#?
• Are #CH_4# and #XeF_4# the same shape? Provide lewis structures to prove your argument.
• Why does Xe in XeF4 have 12 electrons in lewis structure?
• What do the dots around a symbol in a Lewis structure represent?
• What is the Lewis structure for #XeF_4# polar?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for #"XeF"_4#?
• What is the Lewis structure for a perchlorate ion?
• What is the Lewis dot structure for a P atom?
• Question #f329f
• How many bonding electrons are there in the ammonia molecule?
• How do you write Lewis formulas for the reactant and product species in the following chemical equation, including nonbonding electrons? #N(g) + NO(g) -> N NO(g)#
• Question #6539f
• How do you draw the Lewis structure of phosphorus pentachloride?
• Why is the chemical formula for magnesium chloride #"MgCl"_2"#?
• How di I write the Lewis structure of magnesium chloride?
• Question #0c40f
• Combustion of adipic acid yields percentage abundances of #C:49.3%#, #H:6.9%#, and #O:43.8%#. What are the empirical and molecular formulae of adipic acid?
• Question #67776
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for these anions? Each anion is a conjugate base of an acid. 1) #IO_3^-# 2) #SO_3^(-2)#
• How do you draw the Lewis Structures of each of the following acids? These structures, like most acids, have each H attached to one of the oxygens.
• How do you draw the Lewis Structure of #CH_2I_2#?
• Question #59964
• Question #c4e2e
• How do we write the Lewis structure of the hypochlorite anion, #ClO^(-)#?
• What is the chemical structure and formula for bleach? Please link the picture containing the chemical structure to me! thanks.
• How do I use Lewis structures to determine the oxidation numbers of #"N"# in compounds like #"N"_2"O", "NO", "N"_2"O"_3, "N"_2"O"_4#, and #"N"_2"O"_5#?
• What are the three possible Lewis structures for #C_2H_2Cl_2#?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for the molecule #HBr#?
• Question #e6edb
• What is the Lewis formula for carbon oxysulfide (COS)?
• How do you draw #CS_2# in Lewis structure?
• What is the electron dot diagram?
• What is the dominant intermolecular force in #"hydrogen fluoride"#?
• Question #76f5c
• What are all the Lewis symbols for Cl?
• What elements would you expect to have a Lewis symbol similar to that of sulfur?
• How would you determine the Lewis structure for #CO#?
• N 1864, the Solvay process was developed to make soda ash. One step in the process is represented by the balanced equation below. What is the Lewis electron-dot diagram representing the reactant containing nitrogen in the equation?
• How do you determine if a molecule has a polar covalent bond based on the lewis dot structure?
• What is the Lewis structure of the #C^(O_3^(-2))# ion?
• Question #7c77c
• Lewis Structure?
• What is the Lewis dot structure of #Na_4Si#?
• What is the Lewis Dot Structure of #MgF_2#?
• What is the lewis structure of #N(CH_3)_3#?
• Question #f99b8
• What is the best Lewis structure for #HCO_3^-#? Why is it best using formal charges? How do you rank bond lengths from longest to shortest for each bond in the molecule?
• How do you draw the Lewis dot structure for #Cal_2#?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure of P?
• How would you draw a Lewis structure for an atom that has the electron configuration #1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^3#?
• What is the Lewis dot symbol for lead?
• How many lone pairs are on the central atom in the perchlorate ion?
• How many lone pairs are on the central atom in #XeOF_2#?
• Two different compounds have the formula #XeF_2Cl_2#. How do you write the Lewis structures for these two compounds, and describe how measurement of dipole moments might be used to distinguish between them?
• How do you draw the Lewis structures of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide?
• Describe the geometry of #CO_2# and #OF_2#?
• Question #37a44
• How do you draw double and triple bonds in Lewis Symbols?
• What are the steps used to draw a Lewis structure?
• How do you write a Lewis structure for #CH_3NH_3^+#?
• What is the Lewis electron-dot structure for a molecule of hydrogen chloride?
• How do you use an electron dot diagram to represent a molecule that has a polar covalent bond?
• What is the Lewis electron-dot diagram for a fluoride ion?
• What is the difference between hydrogen chloride and potassium chloride?
• Why is Boron Trifluoride written in two ways in the lewis dot diagram structure?
• What is the electron dot diagram for an oxygen atom?
• What is the lewis dot structure of Na2SO4?
• What are the brackets for around the Lewis structure?
• How do you know how many lines to draw in a Lewis structure?
• Does #"atomic number"# determine chemistry or does #"Lewis Structure"#?
• How many lone pairs do the hydrogen atoms in a water molecule have?
• Question #12162
• Draw the Lewis electron dot structure for #SF_2#. How many lone pairs of electrons are on the central atom?
• What is the Lewis structure of ozone (#O_3#)?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for the molecule containing one C and four F atoms?
• How would you show the bonding of Hydrogen and Oxygen using Lewis Dot diagrams?
• What is the Lewis structure for #PO_4^(3-)#?
• Question #87560
• Question #57f86
• In a carbonyl oxygen, why do we say that the electrons are trigonal planar?
• Question #a81af
• How do we utilize Lewis structure in simple species such as nitrate ion?
• How many dots are in the electron dot diagram for the elements in the figure?
• Question #9124b
• Azides of heavy metals explode when struck sharply, and are used in detonation caps. What is the Lewis structure for the most stable azide ion, #N_3^-#? Include lone pairs.
• Why is the chloride ion shown as containing only 3 lone pairs?
• What is wrong with the Lewis structure depicted below?
• What is the best Lewis structure below?
• In the electron dot structure, which element could X represent?
• A particular element is located in column IVA of the periodic table. How many dots would be placed around the symbol of this element in its electron dot notation?
• What is the purpose of a Lewis structure? What do the chemical symbol and lines in these structures represent?
• What is the Lewis dot structure for carbon monoxide?
• What kind of bond would the electron dot formula for #O_2# show?
• What do we call the #O_2^(2-)# ion?
• Draw the Lewis structure for sulfur dioxide, SO2, which does not require expanded octets. Which of the statements below is true for the Lewis structure of the SO2 molecule that obeys the octet rule?
• Does #I_3^(-)# exist?
• Question #51efc
• Question #dfec5
• Question #3a8f2
• Question #ce2b6
• What is the Lewis structure of nitrite ion, #NO_2^(-)#?
• How do you draw the Lewis structure for the hypobromite ion, #BrO^-#?
• Question #31400