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Potassium oxide (K2O) is an ionic compound, not a molecule, and does not have a Lewis structure.
No, not exactly. It is an ionic compound so it would not have a Lewis dot structure. However, the carbonate anion, CO3^2- does have a Lewis dot structure.
A couple problems with this question: 1. There is no such compound as NaCl3. 2. Sodium is an alkali metal and Cl is a halogen, and the two would always form the ionic compound NaCl, not a covalent compound. You cannot draw Lewis structures for ionic compounds. You can draw Lewis electron diagrams for the individual ions (Na+ and Cl-), but not a structure for the ionic compound.
The Lewis structure of compounds uses dots and bands to show bonds and molecules. It is the standard model used showing covalence and ionic bonds for compounds.
The term your looking for is an ionic lattice. An example would be NaCl
This is an ionic compound. Sodium is positively charged and is paired with the negatively charged BH4 molecule, which, in Lewis dot structure form, comprises a boron atom connected to four H atoms.
Helium is an inert gas.
Cesium chloride is ionic.
SnO2 has total valence electron of 16e.......... since Sn is the least electronegative then it has to be in the middle of the molecular structure....O = Sn = O
Covalent Bond
Because they are the only ones involved in bonding. For example, when an forming an ionic compound one atom loses its valence electrons and one gains electrons to make its valence electron shell complete.
There is no Lewis structure because the bond is ionic. Therefore, a sharing of electrons doesnt take place but a transfer, thus, there is no molecule.