When drawing a Lewis dot structure for an anion, do you include the extra electrons that are making it charged?
2007-01-14 09:55:59 · 5 answers · asked by RooneyFan89 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
For an anion (negative) you should include the extra electrons.
For a cation (positive) visa versa.
for example, ClO3-, an anion, should have 26 electrons total because you added one electron. good luck!!
2007-01-14 10:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by loveithateit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely. For example, the molecule SO3 requires the placement of 24 electrons in the Lewis diagram. But the anion SO3 (-2) has 26 electrons to be placed around the molecule. The net charge is then -2.
2007-01-14 10:08:35 · answer #2 · answered by reb1240 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When drawing the dot structures you only draw on the dots that show the how many valence electrons there are on the element
2007-01-14 10:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. then, I don't know if was just my class, but then the teacher told us to encase the whole thing in brackets, and put the charge up in the right-hand corner. but if it were Oxygen 2- for example, you'd draw the extra 2 electrons.
2007-01-14 10:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by car of boat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H. .O . . Then share each dot hope that helps
2016-03-28 21:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋