Can anyone tell me how to make dot bondings based questions? Eg Making lewis bonding of H2SO4
2006-07-14 05:21:18 · 3 answers · asked by anurag 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Since you only have one Sulfur, it will probably be the central atom. Determine the number of valence electrons (you can cheat by looking at the group number...group 1 has 1 v.e., group 2 has 2 v.e., group 15 has 5 v.e., etc.) Draw the dots around the atom like a box...two dots on each side. Then try to share electrons until all have a full octet (for covalent) or add/subtract electrons to reach a full octed (for ionic).
OH
O S OH
O
I couldn't draw the dots but the sulfur has a single bond with each electron and the two lone oxygens have six dots around them while the oxygens with hydrogens have four dots.
2006-07-14 06:14:42 · answer #1 · answered by embem171 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well sulfur is the central atom. then make a list of how many electons are there and realize that the O bond to S and the H bond to O. then it's just a matter of making the count work
2006-07-14 12:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sulfur is the central atom. It is sp hybridized to two of the O molecules. The remaining OH molecules are sigma bonded to sulfur. this is made possible by the unique ability of sulfur to access additional covalent bonding throught the use of excited electron orbitals.
........O
.........I
HO=S=OH
.........I
........O
(the dots are just place holders)
2006-07-14 13:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by iketronic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋